How close to The Villages

[pauld315]

Does anyone know how far north of TV this happened on I-75, the article just states it was south of Gainesville but not how far south.

At Least 10 Dead In Crashes On Florida Highway Amid Heavy Smoke | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/29/at-least-dead-in-crashes-on-florida-highway-amid-heavy-smoke/)

[paulandjean]

I think its about 15 miles north.

[homeball]

Does anyone know how far north of TV this happened on I-75, the article just states it was south of Gainesville but not how far south.

At Least 10 Dead In Crashes On Florida Highway Amid Heavy Smoke | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/29/at-least-dead-in-crashes-on-florida-highway-amid-heavy-smoke/)

It was between Ocala and Gainsville, closer to Ocala. Police were diverting traffic off I-75 at exit 358 onto state rte 326 and then onto 301/441 north of Ocala. I and my wife were on our way home from Micanopy at 4 PM driving on 301/441 and saw the diverted traffic.

[chuckinca]

Gainesville is about a 45 minute drive from Spanish Springs.


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[red tail]

the smoke came from a fire in paynes prairie. i75 goes right thru it! just south of gainsville.

[Schaumburger]

TV news in Chicago said this happened in Alachua County near Gainesville.

[Bryan]

Paynes Prarie is a state park ecosystem preserve. It abuts the southern boundry of Gainesville and extends several miles south from there. Basically the accident happened on I-75 just south of Gainesville and north of the Marion County line between Exits 374 (Micanopy) and 382 (the southern most Gainesville exit).

[spk7951]

Does anyone know how far north of TV this happened on I-75, the article just states it was south of Gainesville but not how far south.

At Least 10 Dead In Crashes On Florida Highway Amid Heavy Smoke | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/29/at-least-dead-in-crashes-on-florida-highway-amid-heavy-smoke/)


The Wildwood ramp for I-75 is exit 329 and the accident was north of exit 368. So best guess would be around 40 miles from TV depending upon where in TV one might live.

[2BNTV]

Article posted on the CNN website.

Florida interstate crashes 'horrendous,' victim says; 10 dead - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/29/us/florida-fatal-crashes/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)