A fatal wreck on Interstate 10 in northeast Tallahassee on May 9 has left one person dead, three people in critical condition and one person seriously injured, according to a preliminary report by the Florida Highway Patrol/
Two fatal wrecks on Interstate 10 in northeast Tallahassee during periods of rainy weather Friday left two people dead, three people in critical condition and one person seriously injured, according to preliminary report by the Florida Highway Patrol.
The first incident happened at about 8:45 p.m, according to FHP Cpl. P.J. Shaw. She said the accident involved two vehicles with a rollover that closed all westbound lanes at mile marker 205. An official report has not yet been released on this accident.
Traffic was backed up in both directions and law enforcement directed drivers off the interstate at exit 209 ( US-90/SR-10/Mahan Dr.)
Less than two hours later and just a mile away from where officers were directing traffic, a second fatal wreck sent troopers scrambling.
A sedan and SUV were traveling east in the inside eastbound lane of Interstate 10 (State Road 8) at about 10:15 p.m..
At about mile marker 210, the driver of the sedan almost rear-ended the SUV, but swerved right to avoid the crash. The left front of the sedan struck the right rear of the SUV.
The impact knocked the SUV into the grass median while the sedan was propelled on to the south grass shoulder, down a ditch embankment and into two oak trees.
The driver of the sedan, a 31-year-old Tallahassee woman, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The driver of the SUV sustained minor injuries.
That accident closed the interstate in the other direction and law enforcement directed motorists off the highway at 209 eastbound.
Shaw said homicide investigators were not immediately available to attend to the scene, because they were still working the earlier westbound accident that killed one and critically injured three people.
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This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FHP: Tallahassee Interstate 10 crashes kill 2, critically injure 3