![]() No one will be permitted to fill other containers, as the goal is to get drivers back on the road, as soon as possible." Stopping along the turnpike, except in designated areas is prohibited, unless your vehicle becomes disabled or there is an emergency, the highway patrol said. "Only vehicles are allowed to fuel, at this time. south of the accident scene, were reopened to traffic, just before 5 p.m. ![]() "We also want to remind drivers that all service plazas, along the Turnpike are open and troopers are assisting the movement of drivers needing to refuel," Gaskins said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the road ranger was on the scene of. Turnpike operators also are using cameras installed along the roadway to monitor problems that arise. A roadblock was established on Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County after a semitruck caught fire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Motorists can call *FHP on their cell phones if they need help. Towing of disabled vehicles began at 6 a.m. Still, troopers said, the increased number of disabled and abandoned vehicles has created a problem for emergency workers traveling the shoulder to reach crash victims and other roadway issues. The Florida Highway Patrol has been monitoring the high volume of traffic along the turnpike, adding extra troopers, road rangers and wreckers to assist motorists whose vehicles become disabled. The turnpike mainline runs along the coastal counties of southeast Florida, then northwest through Orlando to the I-75 interchange near The Villages. Rick Scott has suspended tolls on all state toll roads so motorists can avoid the $20.41 cost of driving the length of the turnpike's mainline, from south of Miami at Dixie Highway to Interstate 75. Before 11:30 a.m., the Florida's Turnpike was reopened.Traffic on Florida's Turnpike is so heavy with south Florida motorists fleeing the path of Hurricane Irma that state troopers have begun towing any vehicles that break down along the highway. Molina and McMillian had minor injuries, but they did not go to the hospital, Montes stated.Īll southbound lanes were closed for several hours and were diverted off of U.S. ![]() All three are from Miami and were not wearing their seatbelts, stated the FHP.īaca was taken to the Orlando Regional Medical Center for serious injuries. The three dead have not been identified, but two of the three passengers' ages have been released: 55 and 53. In the original news release, Montes stated that there were three other people in the Explorer who were transported to three hospitals, but in the updated news release, the FHP does not list any surviving passengers. Heroic act prevented unknown number of motorists from potential injury, death from wrong-way crash ORLANDO, Fla. "Three occupants of the Ford Explorer were pronounced deceased on scene," Montes described in a news release. Use US-441 as an alt or even avoid the area by using I-95 #Orlando #traffic /vwSx8Rrxi1 A fatal wreck still has Turnpike shut down all the way to SR-60. Pic of traffic being forced off Turnpike SB at US-192 (MM 244). ![]() ![]() Kim Montes said.Īccording to video from the FedEx truck, troopers say the Mitsubishi and Explorer had their four-way emergency flashers activated prior to the crash. McMillan rear-ended the Explorer, then hit the back of the Mitsubishi, causing the trailer to jackknife, FHP Lt. The Explorer was driven by Miami resident Sergio Caceres Baca, 30.Ī FedEx semitractor-trailer, driven by 57-year-old Lori McMillan of West Palm Beach, was traveling behind the two vehicles at a normal speed and did not realize the other vehicles were going slow. Behind Molina was a Ford Explorer, which was following the Mitsubishi at a low speed, explained the FHP in a news release. Some of those involved in crash have been identifiedĪt around 12:40 a.m., a 2003 Mitsubishi four-door vehicle, driven by Alexander Molina, 31, was traveling at about 5 mph with a flat tire on the right lane near mile marker 217 near Kenansville.The crash happened when a FedEx semitractor-trailer rear-ended two vehicles in Osceola County early Tuesday morning, stated the Florida Highway Patrol. The Florida Turnpike reopened Tuesday afternoon after being closed for hours following a crash that killed three people. ![]()
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