FHP: Deadly crash shutters Interstate 4 early Wednesday, slowing the morning commute

A 28-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 4, prompting the freeway to be closed for several hours and into the morning rush hour, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. on westbound Interstate 4 near mile marker 62. The roadway reopened shortly before 7 a.m.

According to FHP, the drivers of a semi truck and a Kia Forte were stopped in an active construction zone on I-4. The driver of a pickup truck, who was also traveling westbound on I-4, failed to notice the vehicles were stopped and slammed into the Kia Forte, which caused it to crash into the semi truck.

The driver inside the Kia Forte – a 28-year-old woman – died at the scene, FHP. The driver of the semi – a 61-year-old man – was not injured.

The 33-year-old man who was in the pickup truck was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, FHP said.