Two Bradenton construction workers seriously injured in crash, troopers say

Two Bradenton construction workers were seriously injured after an SUV crashed into a truck in an active work zone, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

At 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a Tampa man driving a GMC Yukon was traveling westbound on State Road 574, west of Bismark Palm Drive in Hillsborough County, when he entered a construction zone and collided with a Ford F-550 work truck, FHP said in a news release.

The construction truck had its caution lights on, and two workers were in the truck: a 20-year-old man and a 36-year-old man, both from Bradenton, the release said.

Both workers were seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital. The Tampa driver sustained minor injuries and was cited for careless driving, according to the release.

Further information about the crash was not immediately available Wednesday afternoon.

Amaia Gavica

Bradenton Herald

Amaia Gavica is the Miami Herald’s “Surviving Miami” reporter, keeping an eye on the topics that make it challenging to live here, including traffic, affordability and those daily irritations we all go through. She has reported in several states and earned her degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.