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Driver dead after BayCare box truck bursts into flames during crash: FHP

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POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A box truck burst into flames during a crash early Wednesday morning in Polk County, killing its driver.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the BayCare box truck and a tractor-trailer were both traveling east on SR-570 around 2:12 a.m.

According to FHP, the tractor-trailer, which was ahead of the box truck, began to slow down, while the box truck did not. It then rear-ended the tractor-trailer, causing the box truck to burst into flames.

Both vehicles came to a final rest in the outside lane.

The box truck's driver died at the scene of the crash and has not been identified yet. The tractor-trailer's driver, a 51-year-old man, was uninjured.

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