Accident results in fatality on I-75
Danny Federico
reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com
In the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 17, a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Alachua County claimed the life of a 29-year-old Jasper woman. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the incident involved a tractor-trailer driven by a 25-year-old man from Minneapolis, Minn., and a sedan operated by the Jasper resident.
The report states the tractor-trailer was traveling northbound in the center lane on I-75, north of Alachua. Simultaneously, the sedan was traveling in the right outside lane ahead of the tractor-trailer. In an attempt to reach the inside median, where another crash had occurred, the sedan made an abrupt left tu