Steering failure leads to semi overturning on Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County

A semitrailer overturned in a crash early Friday, prompting the closure of Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The wreck happened around 5 a.m. at mile marker 287 near Leesburg. All southbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed in the area, but the right lane was later reopened.

The FHP said a 50-year-old man from Grand Ridge, Florida, was driving a 2012 Freightliner south on the Turnpike when his steering failed…

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