- October 13, 2024
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A truck towing a boat was engulfed in flames on Interstate 95 southbound in the early afternoon on Feb. 28.
The truck’s driver was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but no one else was injured. A Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputy on patrol had noticed the pickup truck from the westbound lanes on the Palm Coast Parkway overpass.
The pickup was pulled over near Mile Marker 296, its engine flaming and smoking, according to an FCSO incident report.
The deputy called in the fire and drove to the scene. The truck was fully engulfed by the time he arrived, though a boat was not.
The driver was standing next to the driver’s side door. He told the deputy he was handicapped and had inhaled a lot of the smoke. The man then collapsed, and the deputy dragged him away from the fire and called for an ambulance.
Palm Coast Fire Department Engine 23 and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper responded. While PCFD put out the flames, the FHP trooper pulled his vehicle between the deputy and truck driver and the fire to protect them from the flames, the report said.
Fire rescue took the owner to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is unknown, PCFD Lt. Patrick Luciano said.
