A fatal truck accident this morning in Apopka is the second in only eight days in the area surrounding Orlando. A woman was killed this morning in a tractor-trailer accident just before 11 a.m. On August 15, an 18-year-old man was killed in a double-rollover accident with an SUV.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a woman was making a turn on Orange Blossom Trail at Boy Scout Boulevard in Apopka this morning. She turned in front of a semi tractor-trailer, causing an accident in the northbound lane of Orange Blossom Trail.
When troopers responded to the truck accident, they initially believed that two people had been inside the car, according to FHP spokesperson Sergeant Kim Montes. It now appears the woman was driving alone.
The FHP has not yet released the woman’s name. She was transported to Florida Hospital Apopka, where she died of her injuries. The accident is still under investigation.
This tragedy follows closely after the fatal August 15 car-SUV accident in I-95 near Daytona Beach that killed an Ormond Beach teenager.
The FHP reports that 18-year-old Alex Simpkins Crouch was traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on I-95 when he clipped the right-rear of another vehicle traveling northbound. The SUV-car accident occurred at 10:51 p.m. on Sunday, August 15, about a mile north of LPGA Boulevard.
When Couch hit the other vehicle, a 2006 Mazda SUV, the Mazda was forced into the center median and rolled over, coming to rest on its top. The two women inside had to be extricated by firefighters.
Driver Jessica Parodi, 41, of Daytona Beach, and her passenger, 43-year-old Maria Colon-Morales of Miami were transported to Halifax Health Medical Center. Luckily, both suffered only minor injuries.
Crouch wasn’t lucky. His 2004 Honda rolled several times after the collision, and he was ejected from the vehicle as it was rolling. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
As we have noted in a previous post, I-95 in Florida is the most dangerous stretch of road in the United States. Be careful out there.
Related Resources:
• “Fatal crash closes northbound Orange Blossom Trail at Boy Scout Boulevard” (Orlando Sentinel, August 23, 2010)
• “One dead, two hurt in I-95 crash in Volusia” (Orlando Sentinel, August 17, 2010)