{"id":177052,"date":"2026-03-04T00:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177052\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:08:32","slug":"tampa-man-hit-killed-by-tractor-trailer-in-i-75-crash-that-closed-interstates-northbound-lanes-fhp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177052\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man hit, killed by tractor-trailer in I-75 crash that closed interstate&#8217;s northbound lanes: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All lanes of northbound I-75 have reopened near Bruce B Downs Blvd. following a fatal crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Tampa man was killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; All lanes of northbound I-75 have reopened near Bruce B Downs Blvd. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hillsborough County;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hillsborough County<\/a> following a deadly crash that snarled traffic during the morning commute for hours, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida<\/a> Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Troopers said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tampa <\/a>man was traveling northbound in the outside lane of I-75 around 6 a.m. on Tuesday when he crashed into the back of a Chevy box truck as he tried to overtake the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Post-collision, troopers said the box truck came to a final rest on the shoulder of the highway while the Tampa man\u2019s Dodge 1500 rolled over several times, throwing him into the center lanes, where he was struck by a tractor-trailer that was also traveling northbound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tampa man died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Troopers did not provide information on any injuries the other drivers may have sustained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article was written with information from the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief All lanes of northbound I-75 have reopened near Bruce B Downs Blvd. following a fatal crash,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7375,2337,618,276,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-177052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-deadly-crash","9":"tag-fatal-crash","10":"tag-florida-highway-patrol","11":"tag-hillsborough-county","12":"tag-tampa","13":"tag-tampa-headlines","14":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177052","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=177052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}