Tractor-trailer driver seriously injured after crash into light pole in Charlotte County

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The approximate site of a tractor-trailer crash with serious injuries in Charlotte County. Credit: Google Maps

A man from Georgia is in serious condition after crashing into a light pole in Charlotte County early Thursday morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a tractor-trailer driven by a 36-year-old man from Abel, Georgia, was traveling south in the right lane of I-75 around 1:45 a.m. The driver lost control of the tractor-trailer, which traveled off the roadway to the right and collided with a light pole on the grass shoulder.

The tractor-trailer overturned and spilled numerous large cylindrical tubes onto the shoulder. The driver was seriously injured.

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