A Lehigh Acres man was killed in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night along Interstate 75 in Sarasota County.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Pedro Quiroz Ramirez, 42, died when the 2017 Freightliner M2 106 semi he was driving north on I-75 near Fruitville Road suffered a loss of tire pressure at mile marker 210 and began to veer off the road.
When Ramirez tried to steer back he overcorrected and the truck rotated and overturned in the median.
Ramirez was ejected from the truck and died at the scene, the FHP said.
The crash happened shortly before 9 p.m.