Fort Pierce - Friday February 17, 2023: A 58 year old man driving an SUV died Friday morning following a collision with a tractor trailer on Shin Road (609A) at the intersection with Okeechobee Road (SR #70) in St. Lucie County.
It happened before 6 a.m.
A news release from Florida Highway Patrol reports that the SUV was heading south on Shinn Road and entered the intersection as a westbound tractor trailer approached that intersection.
The truck driver was in the outside travel lane and he attempted to avoid the SUV cutting in front of him by swerving left.
However the SUV "continued traveling south" through the intersection and the truck struck the driver's side of the SUV killing the 58 year old.
Both vehicles ended up in the medium with the SUV "partially blocking the inside westbound travel lane, facing south."
The FHP news release states that the SUV driver "failed to yield the right of way" to the truck driver.
This was the second fatal traffic accident this week on rural St. Lucie County roads.