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2 killed in crash while using emergency lane to pass

Posted at 2:51 PM, Apr 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-25 14:51:36-04

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a crash killed two men who were using the emergency lane to pass traffic on Interstate 75 in southwest Florida.

The Naples Daily News (https://goo.gl/eTxbZM) reports that the crash occurred Sunday night.

Florida Highway Patrol says a box truck had been parked on the outside shoulder of I-75, and 20-year-old Joel Diaz Lemus crashed into it. Lemus and his passenger, 21-year-old Daniel Ramirez Ortiz, died at the scene.

The box truck was not occupied at the time of the crash.

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