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Semi Truck Driver Cited After Molino Highway 97 Crash That Injured Two
July 1, 2024
A semi-truck driver was cited by troopers after a crash with a pickup truck midday Monday in Molino.
The crash happened about 11:40 a.m. on Highway 97 at Gibson Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said the northbound semi h attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Gibson Road. The pickup driver, also northbound, “initiated a pass in a lawful passing zone”, FHP said.
The semi turned in front of the pickup causing the front of the pickup to collide with the left side of the cab of the semi. The pickup truck left the roadway and crashed into a wooded area at the intersection, while the truck came to rest in the opposite ditch after striking a utility pole.
The oversize load semi-truck was hauling building trusses.
The 76-year-old male driver and 66-year-old passenger of the pickup were transported to West Florida Hospital by Escambia County EMS. The semi driver, a 62-year-old from Alabama, was not injured.
FHP said the driver of the semi was cited for an improper left turn.
The McDavid, Molino and Cantonment stations of Escambia County Fire Rescue were dispatched to the wreck, The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
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15 Responses to “Semi Truck Driver Cited After Molino Highway 97 Crash That Injured Two”
I know it’s legal to pass a car that is waiting to make a left turn. With ever increasing traffic it will get worse and worse unless everybody is becoming more courteous. Impatient drivers pass on the grass strip to the right while traffic is lined up behind a car waiting to make a left turn. cars will shear out from the traffic behind – and fly by the waiting vehicle, especially when the vehicle waiting to turn is pulling a trailer or boat and needs a long enough break in traffic to go across.
You cannot turn left if you are being overtaken.
@Dnote
I am speaking specifically of two lane roads, such as the one this incident occured on.
Nice try, don’t be silly.
What was improper about the semi truck driver’s turn? Did he not have the turn signal on? I agree with Rusty, the driver of the pickup truck should have waited and had patience. Most accidents could be prevented if people could just be more patient with each other.
Anyone turning left is required to yield right of way to traffic in both directions. Florida Statute for reference:
316.122 Vehicle turning left.—The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, or vehicles lawfully passing on the left of the turning vehicle, which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.
@concern
Stop passing on the left? Are you suggesting passing on the right, which is against the law? Are you one of those people that does 10 under in the left lane on the interstate? I think I was behind you this morning.
Everyone is a traffic lawyer/law writer/traffic engineer I see.
As I always say…. “just because you are allowed to do something and can; don’t necessarily mean you should”.
I wonder how fast the person needed to go to pass the truck. A lot people use the passing lane to fly by other people
Maybe a red light at Gibson Rd is needed
Just like the bus driver that hit the guy on the tractor. Tractor operator was at fault because he turned left in front of the bus as it was legally passing him.
@Rusty I understand impatient drivers, but passing in a passing zone is 100% legal. It was the semi’s fault. Laws say you have to yield if you’re going to turn left and there is someone in the passing lane. Simply checking his mirrors would have prevented this. That’s why the semi truck driver was ticketed, will probably lose his job, and their insurance will pay out hundreds of thousands of drivers. But to blame it on a person who was passing, that’s just wrong (at least According to the laws and police)
Yep… to be that old, and in that much of a hurry…
Man do i feel for you..
Folks, stop passing on the left… just wait… it’s not worth it.
I don’t want to watch them scrape your remains off the road in front of my house…
You would think the semi had the right of way to make his left hand turn. I drive a small car and give 18 wheelers and anything bigger than me the right of way!
So true Rusty
Surprise Surprise as Gomer Pyle would say…….just another ” impatient/it’s all about me” driver on the road who realized after it was too late……maybe I should give this big guy the benefit of the doubt.