DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — A Lehigh Acres man was killed early Monday morning after being hit by a car while attempting to secure a semitruck trailer.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on State Road 72 near SW Thigpen Avenue. A man was standing in the road behind a semitruck that was blocking both directions of traffic on a rural highway in DeSoto County.
Troopers said the 66-year-old man had been driving the semitruck before getting out and standing in the eastbound lane to attach a chain to the back of the trailer, which was stopped across both lanes of the highway…