ORLANDO, Fla. - According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), one person is dead after a four-vehicle crash on Monday morning.
They said that the crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Turnpike at mile marker 272.
The crash reportedly involved multiple vehicles, including a dump truck.
FHP said that a four-door vehicle lost control for an unknown reason and traveled into another lane. It was struck by a dump truck. After this, the four-door vehicle then traveled into the path of another vehicle, being hit once again. A fourth vehicle was struck as well and hit a guardrail as a result.
One person, identified as the 40-year-old male driver of the vehicle that lost control, was said to have been pronounced deceased at the hospital.
Three lanes southbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike were temporarily blocked.