CLERMONT, Fla., – A pickup truck driver was killed Tuesday morning in a crash with a big rig in Clermont, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The FHP said Robert Bridger, 57, of Tavares, died in the wreck, which was reported at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. Highway 27 at County Road 561.
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Troopers said Bridger was driving a 2005 GMC pickup and failed to notice that the tractor-trailer in front of him slowed for traffic. The pickup rear-ended the trailer, troopers said. Bridger was taken to South Lake Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the FHP said.
The driver of the big rig, a 47-year-old Winter Garden man, was not injured, the FHP said.
U.S. 27 was blocked in the area but was later reopened.
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