A woman was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer early Thursday after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say she was found lying in the northbound outside lane of I-95 in Daytona Beach. The truck jackknifed on the roadway following the collision, and the crash remains under investigation.
According to Observer Local News, troopers say the woman was run over by the tractor-trailer while lying in the travel lane. The impact caused the truck to jackknife on the road, the outlet reports, citing Florida Highway Patrol.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 58-year-old man from Orlando, was not reported to have sustained any injuries.
Identity Still Unconfirmed
The woman's identity had not been released as of Thursday, with her identification pending confirmation by the medical examiner's office, the report notes, citing Florida Highway Patrol. No further details on the circumstances that led her onto the interstate travel lane have been disclosed, and the crash remains under investigation.
Fatal incidents involving pedestrians in interstate travel lanes have occurred elsewhere in Florida over the years. A 2018 crash reported by WESH described a woman, Jennifer St. Clair, who fell off the back of a motorcycle on I-95 and was struck by several vehicles. A separate 2024 incident covered by First Coast News involved a woman standing outside a disabled vehicle on I-95 before she was struck by other vehicles.
More recently, TCPalm reported on a 2024 case in Indian River County in which a man was struck by vehicles on I-95 after he was found lying in the roadway. And ClickOrlando has a general page on hit-and-run incidents.
No additional details about the Daytona Beach crash, including the exact time of the incident or any potential citations, have been released. Florida Highway Patrol's investigation into Thursday's crash continues.
