Port Charlotte man killed after crashing into tractor-trailer on I-75 in Collier County
Michael Braun
A Port Charlotte man died Tuesday morning when his pickup hit the back of a tractor-trailer rig turning around on Interstate 75.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 36-year-old Port Charlotte man was driving east on I-75 shortly before 10 a.m.
Troopers said the 31-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer had been westbound but turned onto the paved median turnaround at Mile Marker 92 and entered the interstate's eastbound left lane.
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The pickup collided with the rear of the rig and came to rest on the left lane of the eastbound Interstate. The pickup's driver died at the scene.
The tractor-trailer driver, from Miami, was not hurt.
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