Two-vehicle collision on I-75 near Micanopy exit kills one, injures two

One man died and two others in his vehicle were injured when the Subaru sedan he was driving lost control on Interstate 75 on Saturday and collided with a Ford box truck.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a man (age and town not reported) was driving a Subaru southbound on I-75 in the middle lane at 3:08 p.m. at mile marker 374 near the Micanopy exit when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a Ford box truck on the inside lane.

The box truck, driven by a 29-year-old Gainesville man, collided with a guardrail and the Subaru. The Subaru then overturned onto the outside shoulder of I-75 and collided with a tree.

Emergency responders pronounced the Subaru driver dead on scene. Two of the Subaru passengers – a woman (age unknown) from Signal Mountain, Tennessee, and a man (age unknown) from South Pittsburgh, Tennessee – were transported to UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville with minor injuries. No one in the Subaru was wearing a seatbelt.

The box truck driver was not injured.