Impairment suspected in fatal Cleawarter crash with semi
CLEARWATER, FL – Local police suspect a pickup truck driver was impaired when he had driven at a high rate and collided with a semi-truck, leading to his passenger’s death Sunday.
WFLA said this collision was reported before 1:45 a.m. on Gulf Boulevard when the semi-truck driver was putting their truck in reverse going into a Sheraton Sand Key Hotel driveway. After the pickup truck hit the 18-wheeler, the pickup got trapped underneath the big rig.
Fire crews extricated the pickup truck passenger and driver. First responders said the passenger, who they identified as 41-year-old Mark Harris from Valrico, died at the scene. An ambulance then took the pickup truck driver, identified as 36-year-old Michael Jones, to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, where he was being treated for critical, life-threatening injuries.
Police did not announce any formal charges filed against Jones at this time or specify if the semi-truck driver was injured.
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