HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 27-year-old Ocala man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 (I-75) late Tuesday night, April 8, 2025. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reported that the incident involved a tractor-trailer, a Hyundai Sonata, and an F-350 towing a cattle trailer.
According to the FHP report, at approximately 11:30 PM, a tractor-trailer, driven by a 25-year-old Gainesville man, was traveling northbound on I-75. The tractor-trailer became disabled and stopped on the outside shoulder of the highway, north of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
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A Hyundai Sonata, driven by a 27-year-old Ocala man, who was also the brother of the tractor-trailer driver, stopped just ahead of the disabled tractor-trailer to provide assistance.
An F-350 towing a cattle trailer, driven by a 23-year-old Campbellsville, Kentucky man, was also traveling northbound on I-75. The FHP report indicates that the cattle trailer drifted onto the shoulder of the highway.
The trailer first collided with the driver’s side of the tractor-trailer, then continued forward and struck the Ocala man, who had exited his vehicle to help. Troopers say the man suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
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Following the crash, the driver from Kentucky fled the scene and drove to a Gate gas station located at SR-56 and Cypress Ridge Boulevard. An FHP Trooper located the driver at the gas station, where he was reportedly changing a tire.
The driver, identified as Noah Alexander Riley, was arrested for leaving the scene of a crash involving a death and was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail.
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