Shivani Benimadhu, 22, dead, 3 people injured after tractor-trailer crash on U.S. 41 near Ochopee, Florida
Fatal tractor-trailer crash closes 41 near Ochopee
Chief Allen McLaughlin of the Ochopee Fire Department said the trucks both crossed the center-line of 41 before they hit with a woman killed, a man with a trauma injury transported by Collier County EMS to Kendall Hospital in Miami and two others injured.
Fatal tractor-trailer crash closes 41 near Ochopee
The driver of the tractor-tailer rig, Hardeep Singh Mander, 28, of Bakersfield, Calif., was driving the 41 route in a 2017 Peterbuilt for the first time on Tuesday, family members said.
The woman was Mander's girlfriend, Shivani Benimadhu, 22.
Mander was charged with non-criminal failure to maintain a single lane, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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