TAMPA, FL – A 48-year-old Ruskin man lost his life, and three passengers with him were hospitalized after an I-4 crash reported before 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Florida Highway Patrol told ABC Action News that the collision happened after the Ruskin man, driving a Kia Sedona, struck an attenuator on the westbound lanes and then hit a Nissan Pathfinder. Once the vehicles collided, one Kia passenger, a 46-year-old woman, was ejected.
Upon arrival, troopers confirmed the Ruskin man’s death, and EMS crews rushed the three Kia passengers to a hospital. They are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.
All occupants from the Pathfinder were unharmed.
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