Florida man forgets to lower dump bed on truck, slams into I-75 overpass: FHP

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Published  March 17, 2025 12:22pm EDT
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The Brief

    • A raised dump bed was sheared off early Monday morning after its driver slammed into an I-75 overpass in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
    • Troopers say the driver, a 56-year-old man from Ocala, inadvertently left the dump bed in a raised position.
    • Engineers from the Florida Department of Transportation inspected the overpass and cleared the highway around 8:15 a.m.

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man was not feeling the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day after troopers say he forgot to lower the dump bed on his truck and slammed into an overpass, which sheared it off.

The backstory:

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 56-year-old man from Ocala was driving northbound on I-75 in Sumter County around 1:20 a.m.

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Troopers say he inadvertently left the dump bed in a raised position and while passing under the CR-475 overpass, the bed struck the overpass.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol
Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol
Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol
Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol

The bed sheared off and got stuck under the overpass while the truck continued forward, before stopping just north of the crash site, according to FHP.

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No injuries were reported.

Engineers from the Florida Department of Transportation inspected the overpass and cleared the highway around 8:15 a.m.

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The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Florida Highway Patrol. 

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