LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — A woman was injured Sunday afternoon after troopers said she crashed her truck into a gas pressure line before almost bitting the Pasco County Fire Rescue station on State Road 54.
The crash happened on State Road 54 between Ballantrae and Sunlake boulevards, Pasco County Fire Rescue said.
Troopers said the 55-year-old woman had a medical emergency before she lost control of her truck. According to the Florida Highaway Patrol, she hit a utility box, gas line, and steel guard posts a the entrance to the fire station.
She was transported with minor injuries.
There are no evacuations but people were asked to briefly avoid the area. TECO gas was called to repair the gas line and was able to cap the leak shortly after.
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