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I-4 chain-reaction crash kills 1, seriously injures 3: FHP

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Published  October 21, 2025 1:19pm EDT
Tampa
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A Riviera Beach man was killed in a crash on I-4 on Monday afternoon.
    • It happened on I-4 westbound near I-75 shortly before 2 p.m.
    • The chain-reaction crash also seriously injured three other people.

TAMPA, Fla. - One man is dead, and three others suffered serious injuries in a multi-vehicle crash on I-4 Monday afternoon.

What we know:

It happened on I-4 westbound near I-75 shortly before 2 p.m.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, traffic slowed to a stop near the I-75 exit, but a Ford F250, driven by a Thonotosassa man, did not stop, and slammed into the back of a Jeep Cherokee, which crashed into the back of a dump truck.

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A 34-year-old man from Riviera Beach died in the crash. He was a passenger in the Jeep Cherokee.

The driver of the Cherokee, a 34-year-old Lake Park man, as well as two of his other passengers, a 51-year-old Wesley Chapel woman and a 32-year-old West Palm Beach woman, suffered serious injuries in the crash.

The driver of the Ford F250 suffered a minor injury in the crash and the driver of the dump truck was not injured.

The Source: This article was written with information provided by the Florida Highway Patrol. 

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