How close to The Villages
 

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

I think its about 15 miles north.

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.

Gainesville is about a 45 minute drive from Spanish Springs.


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

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

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).

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.

CNN Article
 

Article posted on the CNN website.

Florida interstate crashes 'horrendous,' victim says; 10 dead - CNN.com