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Tractor-trailer bursts into flames after slamming into median

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Published  August 23, 2025 11:43am EDT
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FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A tractor-trailer burst into flames after slamming into the median in Tampa on Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
    • Investigators say that a 54-year-old Tampa man was heading west when he lost control of the tractor trailer.
    • The impact of the crash into the median caused a chuck of concrete to fly into the path of a Ford sedan.

TAMPA - The driver of a tractor-trailer was hospitalized after slamming into the median on the access road leading from US-301 to westbound I-4 and US-92, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

The backstory:

Investigators say that a 54-year-old Tampa man was heading west when he lost control of the tractor-trailer.

After colliding with the median, the vehicle flipped and caught on fire.

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The impact of the crash into the median caused a chuck of concrete to fly into the path of a Ford sedan.

The driver, a 21-year-old Lake Mary man, was not injured, and the sedan came to a rest along the shoulder of the highway.

Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.

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