Incredibly, three people suffered only minor injuries Tuesday morning when a tractor-trailer crushed their Honda Civic and dragged it several hundred feet on I-4, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to troopers, Armando Jonesia, 24, of Tampa lost control of his 1999 Civic near the Kathleen Road overpass and struck the left rear of the semi truck. The Civic deflected back across the highway, spun and got caught under the unloaded trailer.
Lodged beneath the trailer, the Civic was dragged until both vehicles came to rest on the outside shoulder of the interstate, partly obstructing the outside lane.
The tractor-trailer driver, Jerry Lynn of Palm Coast, was not injured. Jonesia and his passengers were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.
Charges are pending, the FHP said.