One dead after crash involving tractor-trailer shuts down I-95
Updated: 2:17 PM EDT Mar 21, 2023
One dead after crash involving tractor-trailer shuts down I-95
Updated: 2:17 PM EDT Mar 21, 2023
HEAT FOR LATER ON THIS WEEK. WE HAVE TO GET OVER TO MEAGHAN MACKEY TRACKING A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. MEAGHAN: IF YOU ARE HOT -- IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR ALL OF THE LANES IN I-95 ARE SHUT DOWN IN BREVARD COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE SLOWING TRAFFIC ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. AN EARLIER FLIGHT DID NOT LAND. HOPEFULLY THOSE LANES WILL REOPEN SOON. IF YOU’RE HEADING THAT WAY RIGHT NOW TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF OF THE PIE NEED A CAUSEWAY. YOU WILL TAKE THE EXIT AND USE ROCKLEDGE BOULEVARD. THERE ARE HEAVY DELAYS IF YOU’RE TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA. MAKE SURE YOU PLAN FOR A FEW EXTRA MINUTES FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE IF YOU’RE HEADED THAT
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One dead after crash involving tractor-trailer shuts down I-95
Updated: 2:17 PM EDT Mar 21, 2023
A major crash shut down all the northbound lanes on Interstate 95 in Melbourne, just before Wickham Road.The wreck happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. A medical helicopter landed on I-95 just after 9 a.m. Officials say the crash involved two vehicles and one tractor-trailer. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the semitrailer failed to maintain control and struck the rear of a 2013 Hyundai Accent. The Accent then spun and struck a 2018 Hyundai Elantra.The driver of one of the passenger vehicles died after they arrived at the hospital.He was identified as a 70-year-old man from Palm Bay.All lanes were reopened by the afternoon. Top stories:Seminole County man finds security footage of intruder breaking into home2 bodies recovered anchor mishap leads to drownings in Florida lakeDeSantis needles Trump, says he has no experience with ‘paying hush money to a porn star’
MELBOURNE, Fla. —
A major crash shut down all the northbound lanes on Interstate 95 in Melbourne, just before Wickham Road.
The wreck happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. A medical helicopter landed on I-95 just after 9 a.m.
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Officials say the crash involved two vehicles and one tractor-trailer.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the semitrailer failed to maintain control and struck the rear of a 2013 Hyundai Accent. The Accent then spun and struck a 2018 Hyundai Elantra.
The driver of one of the passenger vehicles died after they arrived at the hospital.
He was identified as a 70-year-old man from Palm Bay.
All lanes were reopened by the afternoon.
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