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Highway Patrol IDs 2 Men Involved In Skyway Crash

News Channel 8 photo by ERIC HAUSMANN

The two trucks involved in the crash were hauled to a rest stop near the bridge.

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Published: June 10, 2008

Updated: 06/10/2008 11:09 am

TAMPA - The Florida Highway Patrol has released the names of the drivers involved in a crash on the Sunshine Skyway bridge early this morning.

Troopers said Carl Green, 60, of Riverview, had parked his VHP Enterprises work truck on the inside northbound lane and was inspecting barricades near the hump of the bridge. A dump truck driven by Donald Williamson, 36, of Hernando Beach, struck the rear of Green's truck, then hit the concrete barrier wall just before 1 a.m., a news release states.

Several barricades were destroyed, scattering debris in the northbound lanes, and the gas tanks of both trucks ruptured, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Northbound traffic was diverted at the south toll booth in Manatee County until hazardous material crews cleaned up the fuel. All lanes were reopened just after 5 a.m.

Neither driver was taken to a hospital. No charges have been filed.

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