Two big rigs and two passenger vehicles collided and spilled diesel fuel across a Florida highway, sparking a massive fire that killed seven people, authorities said.
Two big rigs and two passenger vehicles collided and spilled diesel fuel across a Florida highway on Thursday, sparking a massive fire that killed seven people, authorities said.
The wreck happened on Interstate 75 about 1.6km south of Alachua, near Gainesville. The flames were fed by nearly 190 liters of diesel, authorities said.
Several others were taken to the hospital, some with critical injuries, the Gainesville Sun reported. Authorities initially said six had died but late on Thursday night revealed a seventh victim had perished.
Emergency crews extinguished the fire and said they were treating the crash as a homicide investigation, but didn’t say why.
