TAMPA, Fla. – A 64-year-old truck driver from New Albany, Mississippi, tragically lost his life early this morning when his tractor-trailer plunged into the Tampa Bypass Canal after colliding with a barrier wall on I-75.
The accident occurred around 2:35 AM on August 5th, near milepost 263.
The driver, whose identity has not been released, lost control of the vehicle on the rain-soaked roadway. The truck rotated, struck the barrier wall, and overturned, with the trailer hanging from the bridge and the cab separating and falling into the canal.
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Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office divers located the submerged cab approximately 40 feet underwater with the driver inside.
The southbound lanes of I-75 were closed at Fowler Avenue for several hours while the scene was cleared.
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