By Associated Press - Friday, March 15, 2019

PALATKA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say three men were killed when their flatbed truck hit a semitruck on a Florida road.

The Florida Times-Union reports that crash happened Wednesday in Putnam County.

The Florida Highway Patrol says 65-year-old Haymon Boynton was driving the flatbed east on Florida 100 when he veered over the center line and hit the oncoming tractor-trailer. Boynton and his two passengers, 61-year-old Lloyd Douglas and 50-year-old Benjamin Nelson, were all killed. The semitruck driver was hospitalized with critical injuries.



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Information from: The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, http://www.jacksonville.com

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