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Semi vs. motorhome crash in Columbia County leaves two hospitalized with serious injuries

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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Two Fort Meyers women were taken to the hospital Sunday after the motorhome they were in collided with a semi trailer. The wreck occurred at about noon on Interstate 75 southbound near mile marker 412.

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The semi tractor trailer, driven by a 51-year-old Fort Bend, Texas man, was traveling in the middle lane. The motorhome, driven by a 62-year-old Fort Meyers woman changed lanes from the left to the center “causing the right side of the motorhome to collide with the left side of the semi truck,” a Florida Highway Patrol news release states. The motorhome flipped over.

The semi driver was not injured.

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