Female driver killed after she rear-ended a tractor trailer truck in Spring Hill, Florida

TBO.com staff
Published: July 6, 2015   |   Updated: July 6, 2015 at 08:13 AM

 

A Palm Beach County woman was killed this morning when she rear-ended a semi-trailer in Spring Hill.

The crash closed U.S. 19 at Toucan Trail earlier this morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 29-year-old Christine Dimple Tiwari, of Wellington, was driving a 2014 Jeep Patriot southbound on U.S. 19, approaching Toucan Trail, around 2 a.m. when she struck the semi after it had turned southbound onto U.S. 19 ahead of her off Toucan Trail.

The driver of the semi, 31-year-old Javier Avila of Bartow, was traveling several hundred feet ahead of Tiwari when she struck the back of the trailer towed by Avila, the FHP said.

Tiwari died at the scene, the FHP said, while Avila was not injured.

Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.