PLANT CITY, Fla. — A 52-year-old man from Celebration was killed in a five-vehicle crash on I-4, near Plant City, on Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash, which happened around 7:40 a.m., shut down the westbound lanes of the interstate for more than four hours.
According to FHP, a 22-year-old man from Kissimmee was driving a van in the inside lane and failed to slow down as the rest of the traffic did. The van crashed into the back of an SUV, which set off a chain reaction.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. His passenger, a 47-year-old woman from Kissimmee, suffered minor injuries.
The 22-year-old driving the van suffered minor injuries, FHP said.
The driver in the vehicle in front of the SUV suffered minor injuries, FHP said, and the other two drivers involved weren't injured.
According to FHP's report, all of the people involved were wearing seatbelts.
