A 60-year-old man from Vero Beach died on Thursday morning, October 22, after the SUV he was driving collided with a semi-trailer at the intersection of 66th Avenue and 49th Street in Indian River County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report reported by CBS12.
Source: CBS12 via Treasure Coast Today
WPTV, also citing the Florida Highway Patrol, reported that a semi-truck turned into the path of the SUV, killing the Vero Beach driver. The crash happened at about 6:45 a.m. in unincorporated Indian River County, the patrol said.
According to the patrol's crash report as reported by CBS12, a 2026 Freightliner truck-tractor pulling a flatbed trailer was turning left from a stop sign on westbound 49th Street when the collision occurred. Reports did not release the man's name, and did not give the semi-truck driver's condition.
Victim: a 60-year-old Vero Beach man driving an SUV (name not released in the reports). Time and place: about 6:45 a.m. Thursday, 66th Avenue and 49th Street, Indian River County. Other vehicle: a 2026 Freightliner truck-tractor pulling a flatbed trailer, turning left from a stop sign on westbound 49th Street, per the Florida Highway Patrol report.