WENGNews writes, "A 26 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SIDE-SWIPPED A CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S PATROL CAR STOPPED FOR ANOTHER WRECK. TROOPERS SAY A FORD F150 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 JUST NORTH OF THE JONES LOOP ROAD EXIT AT AROUND 9:30PM WHEN THE DRIVER DRIFTED OFF OF THE ROADWAY INTO THE MEDIAN, HITTING THE REAR OF THE PATROL CAR. THE PICK-UP THEN APPROACHED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS IT DRIFTED BACK INTO THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP VEERED LEFT, AND HE CLIPPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, WHICH FORCED HIM TO SPIN OUT AND OVERTURN. THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP WAS EJECTED AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS IDENTITY IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF THE NEXT OF KIN. 44 YEAR OLD DEPUTY TIMMOTHY POOLE WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE DRIVER OF THE THIRD VEHICLE WAS NOT INJURED. TROOPERS SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. "
