HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a tanker truck carrying gasoline crashed and exploded early Saturday morning in Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol says.
The crash happened a little after 2:40 a.m. in the southbound lanes of U.S. 41, north of Bloomingdale Avenue, according to a news release.
FHP says a 23-year-old man driving a sedan hit the back of the tanker truck, causing the tanker to quickly exploded and travel off to the shoulder of the road, where it hit a utility pole before finally stopping.
1 dead, another seriously hurt after tanker truck 'full of gasoline' explodes following crash
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The 49-year-old tanker truck driver died in the crash. No additional details about this crash have been released.