BRANDON, Fla. — A worker driving a street sweeper in the parking lot of a Florida supermarket has died, after a collision with a car sent him flying out of the sweeper, which continued to move forward and ran over him, authorities said Saturday.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 57-year-old man was not wearing a seat belt. The agency said the car driver suffered serious injuries.
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The truck operator had left the parking of a Publix supermarket in Brandon, Florida late Friday to make a U-turn back into the lot, authorities said in a news release. The street sweeper went into the path of another car, which crashed against the side of the street sweeper, officials said.
The worker was ejected and then run over by the sweeper.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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