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Woman hospitalized after semi-truck's trailer falls from overpass, hitting her Jeep
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A woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a semi-truck Monday in Hillsborough County.
It happened shortly after noon when the truck driver, identified by the Florida Highway Patrol as a 31-year-old man from Tampa, was going northbound on the Interstate 75 ramp to Interstate 4.
At the same time, a driver of a Jeep, identified by FHP as a 61-year-old woman from Lutz, was going westbound on U.S. Highway 92, more commonly referred to as Hillsborough Avenue.
The left side of the semi-truck collided with an inside concrete barrier, causing the trailer to overturn, FHP described. The trailer then fell onto Hillsborough Avenue, hitting the Jeep.
FHP said the semi-truck driver was driving too fast to safely navigate the curve in the road. The driver was cited for failure to maintain lane.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/traffic/i-75-i-4-crash-semi-truck-trailer/67-779d880c-ebaf-459d-b9e5-551dbec5a18d