LIVE: Semi truck crash on I-75 causes serious delays in Wesley Chapel

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (WFLA) — A crash involving a Walmart semi truck and another semi carrying an oversized load is causing serious slowdowns in Wesley Chapel Saturday morning.

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The crash occurred at around 10 a.m. and has blocked all northbound lanes of Interstate-75 at mile marker 280.

Video from a traffic camera shows the first vehicle, with a yellow “oversized load” banner, jackknifed on the road. The Walmart truck was behind it, diagonal across the three lanes.

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It’s unclear what exactly the oversized load truck is carrying, but it’s a very large, white, pill-shaped object.

Other vehicles are being forced onto the shoulder and grass median to get past the crash.

There are also significant delays in the southbound lanes…

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