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A 76-year-old Tampa woman died Saturday from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 75.
Gloria Jean Portis was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a backseat passenger in the 1999 Pontiac Grand AM driven by 20-year-old Kalen Darell Guest of Tampa.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Guest was heading north approaching the Fowler Ave. overpass when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the roadway. The car traveled into the center median where the left side of the vehicle collided with the guardrail.
A mechanical issue with a tire may have caused a Henry County wreck that killed one person and seriously injured another, police said Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-75 southbound just south of Jodeco Road and blocked two lanes for several hours, according to Henry County police. Around 3:30 p.m., all lanes of I-75 were re-opened.
Investigators believe a problem with a tire may have caused the white F-150 to overturn, ejecting both the driver and a passenger, Smith said. The single-vehicle crash remains under investigation.
All southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Henry County were closed for several hours Wednesday after a box truck and another vehicle collided.
The accident happened around 11 a.m., just north of the Jonesboro Road exit.
Authorities said the commercial box truck was traveling south in the far right lane and a Dodge Magnum was traveling in the far left lane.
The box truck made an improper turn into the Dodge Magnum, causing a collision. Both vehicles then traveled through the guard rail.
A North Fort Myers man died in a crash on I-75 near Corkscrew Road Friday.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the single-vehicle crash involving a Ford van happened around on I-75 north of Corkscrew Road at 9:38 a.m.
Troopers say the van was traveling south on the outside lane when for an unknown reason the van went into the grassy shoulder.
The van then hit a metal fence and a wooden retaining wall. The van continued and crashed into a tree before finally stopping in the wooded area.
The driver, identified as 62-year-old Daniel Lee, was pronounced dead.
Police said Jason Woodyard was speeding Sept. 29 when he lost control of his rig in the northbound lanes on Interstate 75 and caused the death of 22-year-old Zachary Byrd.
Woodyard couldn't stop and hit two vehicles that were stopped near Mitchell Avenue after a minor crash, police said.
Byrd was a passenger in one of the stopped vehicles. He died from injuries at the scene.
Two other motorists were critically injured.
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Authorities say Delgado was behind the wheel of a Ferrari that collided with two cars on I-75 just north of Northwest 138th Street. Jorge Arrojas, 60, was killed in the crash, while Miguel Larrieu was left seriously injured.