MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A truck driver is in critical condition after his semitrailer struck a disabled vehicle on Interstate 75, smashed into a guardrail and then struck multiple trees before bursting into flames Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Antwon Gemeyal Allen, 36, was traveling northbound on I-75 near mile marker 371 around 5 a.m. when his semitrailer hit the back of a four-door 1999 Infiniti that was disabled in the right travel lane, the report said.
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Troopers said the impact caused the semitrailer, which was full of corn, to travel onto the right shoulder, where it hit a guardrail and then hit multiple trees before catching fire.
Allen was taken to UF Shands Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities said he's in critical condition.
As of 1 p.m., the right northbound lane of I-75 was still closed.
The crash is under investigation.