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I 75 Crash

Thursday, March 21, 2013

I-75 Commute Delayed by Fiery Pasco Crash

The accident has all but shut down I-75, with only one northbound lane open.

Bloomingdale motorists traveling I-75 Thursday morning should be aware of some major traffic delays, depending on their route. At 6:30 a.m., a major crash occurred on Interstate 75 southbound, just north of State Road 56, in Pasco County. The crash involved two commercial vehicles.  The vehicles caught fire and were fully engulfed.  No injuries are reported. Currently one lane northbound is open. The interstate is expected to remain closed southbound for up to six hours. UPDATE: Damage to the roadway will require the southbound lanes of I-75 to remain closed until 6:00 pm or later. Southbound traffic on I-75 will be diverted onto Exit 279 (SR-54).  Traffic south of that exit and north of the crash will be diverted back to SR-54 or …

Friday, November 2, 2012

Update: I-75 Reopens After Fatal Crash

The three-vehicle crashed closed Interstate 75 for hours Friday afternoon.

Update 8:45 p.m. Nov. 2: All lanes on Interstate 75 have reopened following a fatal crash that took place earlier this afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2001 Ford Focus driven by Alicia Fontes-Ferraz, 20, of Tampa was merging onto northbound I-75 from Fowler Avenue around 1:50 p.m. today, Nov. 2, when the crash occurred. Fontes-Ferraz’s vehicle traveled into the path of a 2006 Kenworth semi-truck driven by Paul Pitts, 48, of Panama City, Fla. Pitts tried to avoid the crash by merging into the inside travel lane. When he did, however, his semi collided with another semi-truck. The second semi traveled into the center media and hit a concrete barrier wall, entered the median and caught fire, according to a highway patrol …

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