ORANG COUNTY, Fla. – A 60-year-old big rig driver was killed Monday night in a crash on an I-4 exit ramp in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The fatal crash happened around 8:05 p.m. on the on I-4 eastbound exit ramp to State Road 536, also known as World Center Drive.
The FHP said the Moore, South Carolina, man was driving a tractor-trailer on the I-4 ramp to S.R. 536 when the vehicle ran off the roadway for an unknown reason and crashed into some trees.
The driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to AdventHealth Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, an FHP crash report stated.
The exit ramp was shut down while troopers investigated the crash.
No other details have been released.
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