HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A collision involving several vehicles occurred at about 5:15 a.m. on southbound I-75 close to the Alafia River Bridge near the Gibsonton exit.
The collision blocked both the right and left lanes of the highway.
Although it had flipped into the median, a 5th-wheel RV camper was still protruding into the left lane.
FHP troopers arrived on the site at 5:37 a.m.
I-75 was stopped in both directions while EMS personnel attended to multiple patients.
The two center lanes on the southbound lanes were open for traffic around 6:30 am.
At 6:35 a.m., a vehicle moved into the path of a trooper rotator truck as it was responding with emergency lights engaged on the shoulder of the US 301 ramp to southbound I-75, according to FHP.
When the left lane could be cleared by the troopers at 7:30 a.m., a third lane was then made available for southbound traffic.
All southbound lanes were reopened around 7:45 a.m. The overturned RV is currently being cleaned up by troopers in the median area.
There were many people sent to hospitals, but no one was charged with a crime.
After a two-car collision that caused other cars to crash into it and come to rest in the right lane southbound, the RV camper swerved to avoid it, hit a car that had stopped on the shoulder, and toppled in the median, according to FHP.
6 vehicles in total, together with the RV trailer, were involved.
The condition of the people involved is unknown.
