Putnam County, FL : 3 dead in head-on Putnam County truck crash on Florida 100 near Tram Road on Wednesday, 13th March 2019

Three men were killed when their flatbed truck hit a semi-truck head-on Wednesday afternoon on Florida 100 near Tram Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Haymon Boynton, 65, of East Palatka, and 61-year-old Lloyd Douglas and 50-year-old Benjamin Nelson, both of Hastings, were killed in the 12:35 p.m. crash, the Highway Patrol said. The 30-year-old driver of the larger truck, Isaias Chaluisant of Orlando, was hospitalized in critical condition.

Investigators said Boynton was driving the flatbed truck east on Florida 100 when he veered into the westbound lane into the path of Chaluisant’s semi.

The crash, which shut down Florida 100 for at least seven hours, remains under investigation.

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