Collier County ,FL : Two Passengers dead inAlligator Alley crash between gas tanker and pickup after hit the pickup hauling a utility trailer in Collier County on Sunday morning ,March 22nd 2015

An early morning crash on I-75 near State Road 93 in Collier County, killed two passengers in a 2003 Toyota Tacoma after the Florida Highway Patrol says it was rear-ended by a tanker truck.

They say the vehicles were traveling east in Alligator Alley about 4 a.m. Sunday when the tanker hit the pickup hauling a utility trailer.

The impact sent the trailer and pickup off the road and into a guardrail and ended upside down on the grass shoulder. The tanker hit a short bridge wall, according to FHP, with the truck portion on top of the bridge wall.

Robert Catinella, 55 of Coral Springs, drove the tanker and suffered minor injuries.

Jian Chen of Miramar, the pickup driver, was treated at the Naples Community Hospital for minor injuries. His passenger, Yueqing Chen, 27, died in the crash alongside another passenger who has not been identified.

Alcohol was not a factor with either vehicle's driver and all were wearing seat restraints. Charges are pending.


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Two dead after Alligator Alley crash between gas tanker and pickup