HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Four people died after a crash along I-75 near the Selmon Expressway in Hillsborough County on Wednesday, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Officials said two vehicles were traveling in adjacent lanes heading south on I-75 when a pickup truck attempted to change lanes and crashed into another pickup truck.
One truck went into the grassy median and overturned. All occupants inside that car were thrown from the vehicle. None of the people in the vehicle were wearing seatbelts, according to FHP.
The second truck was able to come to a controlled stop in the emergency lane.
The driver of the first pickup truck, a 36-year-old Clearwater man, and two of his passengers, a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old Clearwater woman, died. A 14-year-old boy from Hillsboro, Texas was critically injured in the crash. He was taken to a hospital and died Thursday morning.
The three occupants in the second pickup truck, including a 3-year-old, did not suffer any injuries.
Southbound lanes of I-75 were closed in the area of the crash, and drivers were asked to find other routes or expect delays.
