Two Fatal Alachua Crashes on The Same Day

ALACHUA ‒ Two separate traffic incidents occurred on Friday, April 7, and resulted in the death of two drivers. In one crash a 38-year-old Alachua man was killed at the southbound exit ramp of Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 441 on at 8:20 a.m. His vehicle was traveling east in the outside lane on U.S. Hwy 441, approaching the red traffic signal at the intersection of I-75, southbound exit ramp.

A tractor trailer driven by a 37-year-old Crawfordville, Florida, man was stopped for the red traffic signal at the same intersection in the outside lane, facing east and directly ahead of the van.

According to the Florida Highway report, the Alachua driver failed to stop for the traffic ahead causing the front of his van to collide with the rear of the tractor trailer.

The Alachua man was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS personnel. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The driver of the tractor trailer reported no injuries and no passengers were reported in either vehicle.

In a separate incident at 5:43 a.m. on the same date, a 57-year-old Starke man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding hit a deer on State Road 235 near Northwest 40^th Terrace. The motorcyclist was traveling west bound when he struck the deer and was subsequently ejected onto the roadway.

A 23-year-old male from Hampton was traveling east in a pickup truck and hit the motorcyclist. He reported no injuries and had no passengers in his vehicle at the time of the incident.

The Starke man was pronounced deceased on the scene.

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