TAMPA, Fla. — A man was taken to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency, which caused his truck to crash through a guardrail on the Selmon Expressway, troopers said.
The crash happened just after 5:30 p.m. Monday in the westbound lanes near 21st Street, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
Troopers said that as a 54-year-old man from Lutz had the medical emergency, he accelerated forward and crashed into two other cars. The Ford F-150 he was driving then crashed into the guardrail and hit a structure support column for the upper deck of the Selmon Expressway.
A tire from the truck came off upon impact and hit a fourth car, troopers said.
The man was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, while the drivers of the three other affected cars were not hurt, according to FHP.
