FHP: Poinciana tow truck driver killed in early-morning Turnpike crash in Orange County

Two men were killed in a crash on Florida's Turnpike in Orange County Thursday morning, including a tow truck driver from Poinciana, when another c...

November 14, 2022
1:54 AM

Two men were killed in a crash on Florida's Turnpike in Orange County Thursday morning, including a tow truck driver from Poinciana, when another car left the roadway and struck him, Florida Highway Patrol reports.  The report stated the man, a 42-year-old, was standing outside his truck in the inside shoulder of the southbound Turnpike at mile marker 266, near Ocoee. He, also with an FHP cruiser, were responding to a previous single vehicle crash; both the cruiser and tow truck had their lights activated.