Medical Emergency Sends Jeep Slamming Into I-275 Barrier During Morning Tampa Rush

TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Friday morning after suffering a medical episode while driving on Interstate 275.

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol were called to the scene just south of Hillsborough Avenue shortly after 7:30 a.m.

According to investigators, the 74-year-old was traveling northbound in a Jeep Compass when the medical emergency occurred. The driver lost control of the SUV, which veered out of the travel lanes and collided head-on with a crash attenuator at the Exit 47A ramp…

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