By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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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Information from: Naples (Fla.) Daily News, https://www.naplesnews.com

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