Driver killed, passenger hurt when car rear-ends semi in Lake County, FHP says

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was killed and a woman suffered serious injuries Thursday night when their sedan rear-ended a semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 10:15 p.m., south of Hancock Road, troopers said.

According to an FHP crash report, a 2025 Hyundai Elantra with a 22-year-old man behind the wheel and a 23-year-old woman riding as a passenger — both from Mobile, Alabama — was traveling south on the Turnpike when the driver failed to slow down for a semitrailer that had slowed for traffic ahead. The front of the Hyundai struck the rear of the semi, the report states…

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