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A section of State Road 40 East was closed to traffic early Tuesday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash that sent one person to a local hospital. Here’s what we know:
At SR 40 by Southeast 172nd Terrace. A Chrysler Town & Country minivan and an Amazon semitractor-trailer.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers on scene said the minivan driver was driving erratically westbound on SR 40. The truck was eastbound on the same roadway.
Troopers said the the minivan crossed the double yellow line and struck the semitractor-trailer. The truck went off the roadway and into a ditch.
The truck was hauling Amazon products, troopers said.
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Spokesman James Lucas said his agency was assigned the call at 11:04 a.m. and arrived at 11:09 a.m. Fire rescue crews began extrication of the minivan driver at 11:10 a.m. The driver was out at 11:19 a.m.
The patient was transported to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital at 11:22 a.m., fire officials said.
FHP officials said the truck driver was not injured. The minivan driver was listed in critical condition.
A man traveling with his wife told a Star-Banner reporter that he was driving behind the minivan and the driver was speeding up and slowing down on the roadway. He said at one point, the driver ran off the roadway and almost crashed into the woods. The vehicle returned to the roadway and not long after crashed into the truck.
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Source: Ocala Star Banner
