Posted On: October 2, 2008
Deadly Tractor Trailer Collision
Six men in a van were killed when a tractor-trailer loaded with sand hit their vehicle last Monday in south-central Florida.The Florida Highway Patrol reported that the tractor-trailer failed to heed a stop sign around 6:30 a.m. and struck the van's right side.
The force of the collision caused the van and the tractor-trailer to roll over, coming to rest on the shoulder of a two-lane highway about 60 miles east of Fort Myers.
At least two of the six men inside the 1993 Chevrolet van were thrown from the vehicle. All six were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was driving for West Coast Aggregate Haulers, Inc., of Venice, Fla. He was listed in serious condition at a local hospital but is expected to survive.
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