Posted: 12/02/2012
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - Northbound interstate 75 near Ocala is shut down this morning following a double fatal accident.
The Florida Highway Patrol says the interstate is closed from County Road 484 (exit 341) to State Road 200 (exit 350).
Investigators say a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle collided. Two people in the passenger vehicle were killed and two other people in the car were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The accident occurred about 3:00 a.m
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