Multi-vehicle crash shuts down portion of I-75, FHP trooper hospitalized

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GOLDEN GATE, Fla. A multi-vehicle crash involving a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle has shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 near mile marker 106, Collier deputies said.

The FHP trooper was driving north in the center lane when a black vehicle to his left tried to tell the trooper his bumper was damaged on the left side, FHP PIO Kenny Watson said.

As they were talking and driving next to each other, a red pickup truck crashed into both cars, Watson said.

The black car slammed into the median while the trooper skidded off onto the right shoulder of the road.

The pickup truck ran off the road, flipped over, then landed upright onto the right shoulder of the road

The trooper has to be extricated from his vehicle and was taken to North Collier Hospital with minor injuries, Watson said.

Three others were hospitalized, but their conditions are unclear.

The road is expected to remain closed for the next two hours, deputies said.

No further information is immediately available.

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