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Emergency crews are en route to I-75 in Riverview, where a truck
hauling a bulldozer crashed off a bridge and into the Alafia River.

According to the sheriff’s office, the flatbed wrecker was
headed south on I-75 when it “left the roadway” and crashed into the
river.

Photos from the scene show only skidmarks and the damaged
concrete wall.

There’s no word yet about any injuries.

Traffic along I-75 is likely to get backed up as more crews
arrive on the scene.

Stay with FOX 13 for any updates.

GIBSONTON – 

A traffic crash along Interstate 75 near Gibsonton Drive has left a flatbed truck in the Alafia River.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, a flatbed truck hauling a bulldozer left the interstate’s southbound lanes and crashed into the river. The accident happened just before Exit 250 onto Gibsonton Drive.

The driver of the truck had to be rescued.

Officials said traffic is backed up for more than two miles.

No information has been released on the identity of the driver or if there are any injuries.

Stay with Bay News 9 for the latest on this developing story.

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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

7:00 – UPDATE – Crash CLEAR at SB I-75 at Harney Rd.  Delays persist but are lessening.

6:49 – I-275 Southbound at Howard Av/Armenia Av – Accident Reported. Lane blockage possible

6:17 – UPDATE – latest on the SB I-75 crash south of Harney Rd. – overturned truck blocking 2 lanes.  Traffic passing in one lane and the right shoulder.  Alts: US-301 or exit SB I-75 at Bruce B. Downs.  Delays have built northward beyond Fowler Ave.

5:35 – Crash reported causing lane blockage at SB I-75 at the Fowler Ave. entrance ramp

5:08 – Crash at Hanna Ave. Harney Rd. – HCSO on scene

PINELLAS COUNTY

7:00 – WB 22nd Ave. N. is closed at 53rd St. N. due to downed power lines. Some lines sparking. Traffic being diverted.

6:30 – FHP reports a crash at Curlew Rd. McMullen Booth Rd. Doesn’t seem to be lane blockage…

PASCO COUNTY

7:00 – Debris in the road at SB US-19 at Hudson Ave. – use caution

POLK COUNTY

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Fire scorched the pavement after the crash on I-75 in North Toledo, but even more damage was caused by unburned fuel soaking into the asphalt and changing its chemical structure.
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Lane closings were expected to persist today at the scenes of a truck collision and an electrical fire early Wednesday morning that disrupted traffic at two busy Toledo locations.

Traffic was snarled all day on northbound I-75 in North Toledo after two tractor-trailers collided at the Ottawa River Road exit, causing a fuel spill that ignited and damaged the freeway’s pavement.

And downtown, motorists were detoured around the Summit and Cherry street intersection until the evening rush hour because of a fire and explosion in an underground Toledo Edison vault.

While no one was injured in the 12:16 a.m. truck collision,

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