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Driver Of 18-Wheeler Dies After Driving Into I-75 Canal: FHP

A tractor-trailer truck driving on I-75 lost control on the wet road and drove into the Tampa Bypass Canal, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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A tractor-trailer truck driving on I-75 lost control on the wet road and drove into the Tampa Bypass Canal, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The driver's body was recovered Monday morning.
A tractor-trailer truck driving on I-75 lost control on the wet road and drove into the Tampa Bypass Canal, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The driver's body was recovered Monday morning. (Courtesy of Florida Highway Patrol/Hillsborough County Fire Rescue)

TAMPA, FL — Divers recovered the body of a truck driver who drove into the Tampa Bypass Canal on Interstate 75 early Monday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

The driver, a 64-year-old Mississippi man, lost control of his 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck on the wet roadway near milepost 263 around 2:30 a.m.

The truck rotated and hit the contract barrier wall along the outside shoulder before driving over it, FHP said.

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The trailer came to rest hanging from the bridge while the cab separated and fell into the canal.

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Divers from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office found the cab submerged about 40 feet with the dead driver inside Monday morning, FHP said.

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