Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol
A driver was hospitalized after he slammed into a vehicle parked in an eastbound lane of I-4 in Tampa overnight, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, troopers said a 28-year-old Tampa man was traveling eastbound on I-4 near milepost 2 at a speed of approximately 80 mph in a 55 mph zone.
In the eastbound, inside lane of the interstate, a Ford F-150 was sitting disabled and unoccupied, with its hazards on.
Troopers said as the Tampa man approached the F-150, he swerved left to avoid the vehicle, but clipped the rear left of the truck, sending him rotating off the roadway and into the median.
The disabled vehicle also rotated, landing in the inside center and outside center eastbound lanes, with debris from the truck landing in the inside and inside center lanes.
The owner of the F-150, identified as a 54-year-old Thonotosassa man, told troopers his vehicle was stalled and that he was unable to put it in neutral.
FHP said it remains unclear as to why the driver of the disabled vehicle left the truck in the roadway, rather than pulling into the shoulder.
The Tampa man was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash blocked three lanes of eastbound traffic for an hour as FHP was on the scene.
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Source: wfla
