Semi Trucks Collide On Highway 97 in Walnut Hill, Sending One Careening Through a Home

October 25, 2023


Two semi trucks collided Wednesday morning in Walnut hill, sending one of them careening off the roadway and through a mobile home.

The initial crash happened about 7:45 a.m. on Highway 97 at the North Highway 99 intersection. That’s where a semi-truck hauling construction equipment on a lowboy trailer bottomed out and was struck by a semi-truck hauling logs. The log truck continued south, left the roadway and crashed literally through a mobile home. The mobile home was completely destroyed; the occupants, however, were not injured. The log truck driver was airlifted to Saced Heart Hospital due to his injuries.

There were several other rear-end type collisions on Highway 97 as drivers tried to avoid the first crash,injuring four people.

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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.

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Comments

11 Responses to “Semi Trucks Collide On Highway 97 in Walnut Hill, Sending One Careening Through a Home”

  1. jocky moves on October 27th, 2023 12:49 pm

    another reminder for those that have been here 20+years & new to this area please give them room &do not short pull in front of them 1

  2. @ Logger on October 27th, 2023 7:58 am

    “Hey good job driver managed to keep the wood on trailer cause there deep ditch there and he /she kept it upright had it good and tight hope all was ok….”

    There isn’t anything “good” about this whole event…. except death averted.

  3. Florida logger on October 26th, 2023 9:55 pm

    Hey good job driver managed to keep the wood on trailer cause there deep ditch there and he /she kept it upright had it good and tight hope all was ok

  4. J D on October 26th, 2023 3:54 pm

    Weight restrictions don’t matter to the log trucks. They run Nokomis rd consistently and the bridges are restricted to 16 tons and 20 tons and the trucks usually weigh around 40 tons loaded. It is a bypass around Atmore for the trucks coming out of Alabama.

  5. DOT/FHP on October 26th, 2023 8:28 am

    F.D.O.T. going to have a field day with this one….

  6. Jason on October 26th, 2023 7:34 am

    How does a driver not see that road obstruction as they’re driving?

  7. Always Wondered on October 26th, 2023 4:57 am

    I have always thought the height of that “lip” was steep. I have seen and know of horse trailers that have scraped the bottoms and campers that have had the under-rigging pulled loose as well. Glad everyone was okay and sorry for the homeowners

  8. Rusty Shakleford on October 25th, 2023 5:28 pm

    I have never understood how these lowboys are allowed to traverse our roads with mere inches of ground clearance. I have seen these rigs stuck more so on railroad tracks. Is there a minimum standard height before they get on the highway? Seems like the trailers get tweaked as the trailer ages from usage.

  9. Molino resident on October 25th, 2023 3:20 pm

    Are Hwy 97 and Hwy 99 at this intersection now open?

  10. Not Again on October 25th, 2023 3:03 pm

    Aren’t the two bridges on CR 99 weight restricted?

  11. Deborah Daugherty on October 25th, 2023 2:28 pm

    We rode up there and it was a miracle that nobody was killed, thankfully.

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