Crime & Safety

Overturned SUV With Camper Trailer Ties Up Traffic On I-75 Friday

Troopers said the Ford Expedition was "traveling too fast for conditions." The trailer began to fishtail and the driver lost control.

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A rollover crash on Interstate 75 involving a Ford Expedition towing a camper trailer tied up traffic for several hours early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (FHP)
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A rollover crash on Interstate 75 involving a Ford Expedition towing a camper trailer tied up traffic for several hours early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (FHP)
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A rollover crash on Interstate 75 involving a Ford Expedition towing a camper trailer tied up traffic for several hours early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (FHP)
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A rollover crash on Interstate 75 involving a Ford Expedition towing a camper trailer tied up traffic for several hours early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (FHP)

PASCO COUNTY, FL — A rollover crash on Interstate 75 involving a Ford Expedition towing a camper trailer tied up traffic for several hours early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The accident occurred at 5:13 a.m. Troopers said a 50-year-old Largo man was driving the Expedition north on I-75, "traveling too fast for conditions," when the trailer began to fishtail and the driver lost control.

Troopers said the Expedition rotated and the camper trailer rolled over, coming to rest across the northbound lanes of I-75.

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The driver and his five passengers were uninjured in the crash.

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