UPDATED at 12:45 p.m. with additional details.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A truck driver was killed in a three-vehicle collision on I-75 Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Southbound lanes were closed for hours as police and fire crews worked at the scene near State Road 64.
Investigators say a Ford Mustang was heading south in the left lane of I-75 at about 6:30 a.m. when it collided with an SUV in the center lane.
The impact forced the SUV into the right lane and into the path of a semi-trailer.
The semi swerved and overturned onto its right side and came to final rest on its side and top, partially in the grass median and across all three southbound lanes of the highway.
The semi driver, a 34-year-old man from New Smyrna, was killed. The driver of the SUV, a 63-year-old man from Palmetto, sustained minor injuries, troopers said.
The driver of the Mustang stopped momentarily after the collisions, then fled the scene southbound, troopers said.
The vehicle was described as a black Ford Mustang with rear louvers and possibly a stick camera on the rear.
The driver was described as a male with a grey hoodie and stocky build.
The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information or video of this incident can contact the Florida Highway Patrol via cellular phone (*FHP) *347, or CrimeStoppers.
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