ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — One person is dead after a car crashed into the back of a flatbed trailer and then caught fire along State Road 417 early Friday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Troopers said the crash happened at 4:45 a.m. and caused a closure of all southbound lanes of SR-417 near Curry Ford Road. As of 7 a.m., the two right lanes of southbound SR-417 had reopened.
They said the driver of the car, who has not been identified, died on scene and no one else was injured.
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