HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL \u2014 A 25-year-old Tampa man was killed after being run over by a tractor-trailer truck in a Tuesday morning three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. <\/p>\n
He was driving a Dodge 1500 pick-up truck in the northbound outside lane of the highway around 6 a.m.<\/p>\n
At the same time, a Chevy box truck, driven by a 35-year-old Valrico man, was heading north on the interstate just ahead of him. <\/p>\n
The pick-up truck overtook and hit the back of the box truck, which came to a stop on the highway\u2019s shoulder, FHP said. <\/p>\n
The pickup truck overturned multiple times from the impact and the driver was thrown from the vehicle. <\/p>\n
The Tampa man landed in I-75\u2019s center lanes and was hit by a tractor-trailer, driven by a Riverview man, that was also heading north on the highway, investigators said. <\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n
No information was provided about whether the other drivers were injured in the crash. <\/p>\n
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