Florida man leaps from cab of semi truck, killed by own trailer

Driver dead after being run over by his own trailer

A Florida man is dead after a bizarre incident in Texas. According to reports citing the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash occurred around 10:54 a.m. on County Road D5100. Authorities say the 2017 Peterbilt truck, pulling a trailer, was headed westbound when the driver, for unknown reasons, jumped from the vehicle. The man, later identified as Osvaldo Fernandez of Hialeah, Florida, was then run over by the rear axles of his own rig. H…

Florida man leaps from cab of semi truck, killed by own trailer

Semi truck | Arthur Kaszuba via iStockPhotoAuthorities aren’t completely sure why a Florida man was driving his semi truck down a rural Texas road. And they haven’t made any public guesses as to why he leapt out of the cab of the completely operational big rig. But one thing’s for sure, his stunt didn’t end well. Osvaldo Fernandez was a 39-year-old truck driver from Hialeah, Florida. On June 25th, he was driving his 2017 Peterbilt through rural …