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ORLANDO, FL – Five people were hurt Monday, Feb 14,2011 in an early morning truck accident at a busy intersection in Orange County, Florida. The two vehicle crash involved a U.S. Post Office tractor trailer and a Disney tour bus and occurred on Boggy Creek Road in the Orlando metro region, just south of the Orlando International Airport. The accident area is in central Florida, about 232 miles northwest of Miami and about 229 miles southeast of Valdosta, Georgia.

Early Monday morning 52 year old Wayne Earle of Palm Bay, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Boggy Creek Road. The driver was carrying a cargo for the U.S. Post Office at the time of the truck accident. ... Read Full Story

KISSIMMEE, FL – Multiple tractor-trailers were involved in a crash caused a huge fire shutting down the Florida Turnpike under the Boggy Creek overpass just after midnight on Tuesday morning, January 12, 2009 in Kissimmee, Florida. MyFoxNews, Orlando Florida Sky Cam were first on the scene just minutes after it happened capturing this exclusive video around 12:30 this morning.

Multiple semi-trucks involved in fiery crash in Kissimmee, Florida

You can see the flames – fiery flames – shooting up in the air. The fire looked really intense and we understand that a couple of people were injured. The driver and passenger in that truck that caught on fire were injured in that crash. Although their injuries were not life-threatening, they were both transported to the hospital.

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Troopers were able to speak with the driver to help them determine what happened out here. As you can see the flames that were shooting up from this truck it’s hard to imagine anyone getting out of it.

The cab of the truck was completely destroyed in this fire which Troopers believe was actually started by damage to the refrigeration unit. The unit is used to keep the food cool inside the trailer.

The big rig is a Target semi truck that was carrying yogurt and other things that needed to be kept cold. This morning that entire load has been completely destroyed along with the cab of that truck.

Location of fiery semi-truck crash under the Boggy Creek overpass on the Florida Turnpike

The drivers told Troopers that one tractor-trailer blew a tire. As he was travelling southbound on the Turnpike. He went to get into the shoulder when the other tractor-trailer driving in the same lane of traffic didn’t see the other 18-wheeler and then ran right into the back of it and then the cab of that truck caught on fire.

After that, once those flames erupted, a good samaritan that was passing by says that he jumped in to help.

You can see the charring underneath the Boggy Creek overpass. Troopers are allowing one lane of traffic to head southbound on the Turnpike. Things were going very slow, there. For awhile, traffic going in both directions on the overpass was closed but was reopened later on after the fire was extinguished. The major diversions at this point are no longer existing.

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ORLANDO, FL – Two big rig semi trucks were involved in a fatal truck accident involving a FedEx tractor trailer on the Florida Turnpike near Orlando, Florida on Friday, November 13, 2009 about 9:30 pm.

Two-truck crash near Orlando, FL involving a FedEx trailer and another big rig hauling hardware store products. Photo credit: Florida Highway Patrol

The driver of the FedEx truck was Jorge Dipre, 38 years old from Port St. Lucie, FL. The driver of the other semi truck was Carl W. Van Wasshnova, 54 years old from Port Orange, FL, who was killed in the accident.

Location of the fatal semi truck accident near Orlando Florida

According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) the FedEx semi truck was pulling two trailers and was driving northbound on the exit ramp to Orange Blossom Trail and another semi was hauling a load of hardware store products and was travelling on the southbound ramp when it crossed over the concrete median and guardrail and collided with the FedEx truck splitting the trailers in two. One of the severed trailers overturned onto the east shoulder of the exit ramp.

The FHP said that Van Wasshnova was taken by ambulance to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. According to the FHP he may have had a medical condition that caused him to lose control of his rig. The crash remains under investigation.

Dipre, the FedEx driver, was not injured in the accident.

Below is a Google street view of the Florida Turnpike. You can click and drag the mouse button to pan around the scene of the accident and get a feel for the lay of the land.

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Contact a Florida truck accident attorney if you’ve been injured in a truck accident in Orlando, Florida. Find a truck accident lawyer at TruckAccidents360.com today who specializes in representing victims involved in truck injury accidents.

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