Gainesville man dead after being hit by semi on I-75
August 26, 2023
Staff report
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – An 18-year-old Gainesville man was killed this morning after being hit by a semi while walking along I-75 near the rest stop at mile marker 380.
At about 5:48 a.m. this morning, a 58-year-old Cocoa man reported to Florida Highway Patrol that he had hit something in the southbound lanes of I-75 in the area of the rest stop but said he didn’t know what he had hit.
Further investigation revealed that the Gainesville man had been walking on the interstate and was hit by the truck. The man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Prayers to the family of the man killed and to the driver of the semi.
This is why the law states no pedestrian traffic on interstate highways 🤦🤷
Cowboy he was a child who had a mental disability who wandered off.
A Gainesville man? Yes he was 18 but with the mind of a 5 year old because he was born with a disability. He wondered off in the middle of the night. The family had just moved to that area. Saying a Gainesville man makes it look like he was just being reckless. He was a child (teenager).