FHP: Man dead after early morning crash on I-75 in Hamilton County

HAMILTON COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - A 34-year-old man is dead following a crash on Interstate 75 in Hamilton County Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers said the crash occurred Sunday just before 5 a.m. near mile marker 468. The man was driving a pickup truck when he began to turn on a left-hand curve, per FHP.

The driver “failed to maintain a single lane of travel” and his vehicle’s front end collided with the rear of a semi-truck with a trailer parked along the emergency shoulder.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.

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