Driver of Tractor-Trailer Dies Following Rear-End Collision and Medical Emergency
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A two-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon in Hillsborough County has resulted in the death of a tractor-trailer driver. The incident, which occurred just west of US-301 on Windermere Lake Drive, is believed to have been caused by a medical emergency suffered by the truck driver.
According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a 55-year-old Lake Wales man was driving a tractor-trailer westbound on Windermere Lake Drive around 1:46 PM. Ahead of him, a 24-year-old Tampa woman in an Infiniti G37 slowed down to turn into the Windermere Apartments complex.
The FHP report states that the tractor-trailer, for reasons currently under investigation but likely related to a medical event, failed to slow down and struck the rear of the Infiniti. Following the initial collision, the tractor-trailer continued forward, first hitting a cinder block wall and then a tree before coming to a stop…