A tractor-trailer overturned on the westbound ramp from Interstate 275 to Hillsborough Avenue at lunchtime Tuesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of the olive onto the roadway.

Just before noon, 48-year-old Omar Cauz of Tampa exited I-275 traveling too fast for the conditions, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

His 1999 Freightliner, operated by Penenori Trucking and carrying 6,000 gallons of olive oil, overturned onto its left side.

Cauz was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital with serious injuries.

Authorities closed the ramp for several hours. Charges are pending, the FHP said.