Lakeland man killed in semi crash on US-27 in Belle Glade, passenger seriously injured

A 42-year-old man was killed and his passenger seriously injured after their Hyundai slammed into a semi on Thursday on US-27 in Belle Glade.

According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, a Hyundai Elantra was traveling southbound on US-27 in the outside lane, driving behind a semi.

Deputies say for unknown reasons the driver of the Hyundai, 42-year-old Julius Brown Jr. of Lakeland, didn’t realize he was traveling in the same lane as the semi, and struck the tractor-trailer from behind.

The Hyundai rotated clockwise before coming to rest in the left shoulder of the roadway…

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