One person dead after being struck by vehicle on I-4 in Florida

FLORIDA — A 23-year-old Tampa man was killed early Friday after being struck by a pickup truck while involved in a crash investigation on Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers said the incident began just after 11 p.m. Thursday when a Kia Sorento driven by a 19-year-old Lakeland woman was traveling westbound on I-4 in the inside lane near I-75. A tractor-trailer carrying food items, driven by a 53-year-old Wesley Chapel man, was traveling in the center lane.

According to FHP, the Lakeland woman lost control of the Kia, which entered the center lane and collided with the tractor-trailer. Both vehicles traveled into the median, where the tractor-trailer overturned. Neither driver was injured…

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