PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A 57-year-old man died after incident Monday morning southbound on Florida's Turnpike described as an "attempted suicide" by Florida Highway Patrol in a vehicle with his wife and two daughters.
FHP said Wednesday he died.
Around 9:15 a.m., the unidentified man jerked the steering wheel of his 2016 red Nissan Murano being driven by his 56-year-old wife near mile marker 105 south of the Bee Line Highway, FHP spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda said in a news release. Their two daughters, 23 and 15, were in the vehicle.
When the vehicle stopped, the husband got out and ran into oncoming southbound traffic and was hit by a tractor-trailer, Miranda said. He was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center's trauma center with life-threatening injuries, she said.
The wife and two daughters have minor injuries, and the semi-truck driver was not injured, FHP said.
The southbound lanes on the turnpike reopened at 10 a.m.