Pickup truck with trailer overturns near Otter Creek due to tire blowout

Levy County, Florida - A man and woman from Camdenton, MO were involved in a single-vehicle traffic crash that occurred four miles north of Otter Creek on Friday morning, April 9. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 8:34 am, as the result of a tire blowout. The driver was a 37 year-old man, driving a 2015 Ford F150 pickup truck, pulling a 2007 Keystone travel trailer, traveling north on U.S. Highway 19, about four miles north of State Road 24, when he lost control of the vehicles due to a trailer tire blowout. The blowout caused the vehicle to rotate in a counter-clockwise spin direction and overturn. The pickup truck came to final rest, across the roadway, facing west. The driver and his 32 year-old female passenger were each wearing a seatbelt. Neither was injured as a result of the crash.