Garbage truck slams into mobile home after being rear-ended by pumping truck: FHP

HERNANDO, Fla. - A garbage truck was propelled into a Hernando County mobile home after being rear-ended by a pumping truck on Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers say the garbage truck, driven by a 30-year-old Citrus Springs man, was heading eastbound on Lecanto Highway.

What we know:

As the driver tried turning left onto North Paradise Point, troopers say a single-unit pumping truck slammed into the back of the garbage truck.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

Upon impact, the Florida Highway Patrol says the pumping truck caught fire and its driver, a 25-year-old Tennessee man, was taken to an area hospital for minor injuries.

The garbage truck driver and the two people inside the mobile home were not injured.

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What we don't know:

FHP has not released the identities of either driver.