Two dead after crash on State Road 80

Reporter: Maddie Herron Writer: Tim Belizaire
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According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a crash on State Road 80 that has left two people dead Friday evening.

The crash involved a semi-truck and another vehicle.

According to FHP, once the pick-up truck and the semi-truck collided, both were engulfed in flames. Shortly after, both the passenger and the driver of the pick-up truck were pronounced dead.

Anthonie Medina witnessed the semi-truck while it was on fire.

“You just hear these loud explosions of the semi-truck on wheels,” said Medina. “It sounded like gunshots going off.”

Thick black smoke filled the air after the crash.

“Immediately you just see fire right away and there was a semi-truck ran off the road and it was on fire. The fire was pretty bad,” said Medina.

Crash Labelle
Credit: Anthonie Medina

Medina and other drivers on the road tried their best to avoid the fire.

“Everybody who was driving by the scene pulled over to the side because we wanted to get as far away from this fire as we could,” said Medina. “We didn’t know if the semi-truck would actually explode or become worse.”

According to FHP, a semi-truck, a pickup truck and another vehicle were involved in the crash.

The cause of the crash is unknown Authorities are still investigating the collision.

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