PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Parts of US-19 at Curlew Road are closed after a semi-truck crashed into a construction zone Monday morning, according to officials.
The Florida Highway Patrol said around 9:45 a.m., the semi-truck's driver, a 64-year-old man, fell asleep at the wheel. The vehicle, which was transporting palm oil, then crashed into a construction zone in the southbound lanes of US-19 at Curlew Road.
FHP said the driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Crews are currently working to remove the obstruction, but FHP said in the meantime, the southbound lanes of the road are still closed. Drivers should find an alternate route until the lanes reopen.
Pasco County woman trying to rebuild mobile home after hurricanes
"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
