Tampa man killed after being ejected from truck on I-75

A 25-year-old Tampa man died after he was thrown from his pickup truck and struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The man was driving a Dodge 1500 northbound when he rear-ended a Chevrolet box truck driven by a 35-year-old Valrico man, troopers said. The pickup overturned multiple times on impact, ejecting the driver into the center lanes.

A tractor-trailer driven by a 50-year-old Riverview man then struck him, the FHP said. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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