Florida highway shut down after massive 43-car pileup

Traffic on a Florida highway was snarled for about three hours by a 43 car pileup late Friday afternoon.

The massive chain-reaction collision happened just before 5 p.m. on the westbound lanes of state highway 408 near a toll plaza in Orlando, police said.

Only one person was hospitalized with minor injuries, according to cops.

The cause for the pileup was not immediately known, as it happened just before 5 p.m. on westbound lanes of state highway 408.
The cause for the pileup was not immediately known, as it happened just before 5 p.m. on westbound lanes of state highway 408.
Fox 35 Orlando

The highway was cleared and reopened just before 8 p.m., about three hours after the incident, according to the Orlando Police Department.

The cause of the pileup wasn’t immediately known. Photos from the scene show the road was wet following a rainstorm.

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There was only one person was hospitalized with minor injuries, as traffic on the Florida highway was snarled for about three hours.
There was only one person hospitalized with minor injuries, as traffic on the Florida highway was snarled for about three hours.
Fox 35 Orlando
One of the cars involved in the pileup crash is shown — as the airbags can be seen from the damaged vehicle on April 15, 2022.
One of the cars involved in the pileup crash is shown — as the airbags can be seen from the damaged vehicle on April 15, 2022 in Orlando.
Fox 35 Orlando

source: nypost.com


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