COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning when their Ford pickup lost control on an entrance ramp to I-10 westbound and collided with a semi, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to the FHP report, neither the man nor woman were wearing a seat belt and both were ejected from the pickup in the crash.
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The man, 53 years old from Okeechobee, died at the scene, troopers said. The woman, 47 from Labelle, was airlifted to a local hospital with serious injuries.
The 63-year-old driver of the semi was wearing a seat belt, according to a report. He was not injured.
The report said the driver of the truck, which was pulling a trailer, lost control on an entrance ramp from I-75 northbound to I-10 westbound and then pulled back across the road into the path of the semi, which hit the passenger side of the truck.