St. Pete man critically injured in fiery wrong-way crash on Selmon Expressway Connector

TAMPA, Fla. - A man is in critical condition following a crash on the Selmon Expressway Connector on Thursday morning. 

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 41-year-old St. Petersburg man in a 2018 Dodge pickup truck was traveling northbound on the Selmon Expressway Connector, just south of I-4, shortly before 9 a.m. when he made a U-turn near the toll gantry and began driving southbound in the northbound lanes before crashing into a concrete barrier wall. 

Troopers say the truck split in half and caught fire upon impact. 

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The driver was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries. 

The northbound lanes of the Selmon Expressway Connector were closed Thursday morning, but have since reopened. 

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