Plant City Observer

Fatal crash occurs at I-4, Alexander interchange

A Saturn collided with a pick up truck hauling a trailer at the Interstate 4 interchange on Alexander Street at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16.

The Saturn, driven by Eric McClellan, 23, of Haines City, was traveling south on Alexander Street and took an eastbound turn toward the I-4 entrance ramp on a green light. He collided with the pick up truck driven by Walter Brown Jr., 55, of Plant City. The pick up truck was traveling north in the intersection on a green light.

The pick up truck struck the passenger side of the Saturn, wedging it between a metal pole.

Plant City Fire Rescue pulled McClellan and his passenger, Robert Herbert, 61, of Winter Haven, from the car. Herbert died at the scene. McClellan was taking to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Brown and his passenger, Leo Rainville, 65, of Plant City, were taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital where they were treated and released.

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