Two semi trucks were involved in a head-on collision on State Road 53 that left one man dead in Madison, Fla, on Friday, April 20. According to WCTV.tv, a northbound semi drifted across the center line and crashed into a southbound truck driven by John Geiger, 48, of Florida. After the collision, the northbound truck caught on fire as it slid to a stop, while Geiger’s truck flipped and came to a rest on its passenger side.
TRUCK ACCIDENT FAST FACT: According to TruckAccidents.org, truck accidents cause 2.3 deaths and 60.5 injuries for every 100 million miles that trucks drive on U.S. road ways.