PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A woman was hit and killed by a propane tanker truck on Monday morning in Pasco County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
It happened just after 5:45 a.m. at the intersection of State Road 54 and Grand Boulevard.
FHP says a 62-year-old Hudson man was driving a Freightliner propane truck westbound on SR-54, approaching the intersection when the collision happened.
The pedestrian, identified by troopers as a 43-year-old New Port Richey woman, was walking across SR-54 in a crosswalk when she was hit, a press release details. The trucker was said to be turning onto Grand Boulevard "under a red traffic signal."
The woman died at the scene.
FHP did not release any further information.
