ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was killed early Friday when his pickup truck slammed into the back of a dump truck in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
The fatal wreck happened around 5:35 a.m. on Jones Avenue near Jewel Foliage Road in Orange County.
According to a crash report, a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling west on Jones Avenue west of Jewel Foliage Road above the speed limit and went into the eastbound lane to pass a vehicle.
When the driver, a 30-year-old Astatula man, reentered the westbound lanes, he failed to slow down for a dump truck that was slowing down and collided with the back of it, troopers said.
The driver of the pickup was taken to Advent Health Apopka Hospital and was pronounced dead, according to troopers.
The driver of the dump truck, a 38-year-old Eustis man, was not injured.
Jones Avenue was blocked in both directions but has since reopened.
An investigation is ongoing.