{"id":139926,"date":"2026-02-01T20:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139926\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:15:37","slug":"tampa-man-killed-in-crash-with-semi-tractor-in-sumter-county-fhp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139926\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man killed in crash with semi-tractor in Sumter County, FHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A 19-year-old Tampa man driving a car through Sumter County on Interstate 75 died upon crashing into a semi-tractor early Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crash happened around 5:18 a.m. along southbound I-75 near milepost 321, in Lake Panasoffkee, troopers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to a statement from FHP, the man was driving a Honda Accord behind a semi-tractor with no trailer when the semi-tractor\u2019s driver \u2014 a 35-year-old Rhode Island man \u2014 experienced mechanical issues and stopped along the emergency shoulder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">For unknown reasons, the man driving the Honda then entered the shoulder as well and struck the semi-tractor, the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Tampa man died at the scene of the crash while the Rhode Island man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, troopers said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A 19-year-old Tampa man driving a car through Sumter County on Interstate 75 died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3315,135,137,136,729],"class_list":["post-139926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-sumter-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}