AVALON PARK, Fla. – A 55-year-old truck driver was killed Friday morning in a crash with a wall in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal wreck happened around 6:55 a.m. at the intersection of Avalon Park Boulevard and Pellicer Drive at Avalon Reserve Boulevard in the Waterford Trails subdivision.
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Troopers said a man from an Orlando was driving the box truck south in the left lane of Avalon Park Boulevard when he lost control and merged into the northbound lanes and onto the east shoulder of the same road.
He struck a wall, after which he was taken to Advent Heath East and pronounced dead, a crash report shows.
Video from the scene and Sky 6 shows a Sara Lee box truck against a damaged brick wall in the backyard of a home.
No other details have been released.