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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was tragically killed while trying to detain a fleeing felon on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County on Friday morning, authorities said.
In a social media post, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Trooper Zachary Fink was “killed in the line of duty while attempting to detain a fleeing felon in St. Lucie County.”
A man has been detained in connection with Fink’s death, Port St. Lucie police said.
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Port St. Lucie police said a FHP cruiser was involved in a crash with a tractor trailer on I-95, south of Crosstown Parkway.
Aerial video from WPTV Chopper 5 showed the semi on its side and the front of the vehicle badly smashed up. Just feet away, the FHP cruiser was heavily damaged in the median.
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Chopper 5 video of semi truck crash on Interstate 95 at Crosstown Parkway in Port St. Lucie
Approximately one mile away, multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in a major search in a Port St. Lucie community that authorities said was connected to the I-95 wreck.