VERNON -- A Wausau man was in serious condition at Bay Medical Center Tuesday morning after colliding head-on with a tractor trailer on State 79 just south of Sugar Doll Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Jack Daniel Parrish, 27, was driving northbound on State 79 when he crossed the center line around 4:15 a.m. hit a truck driven by Tommy Dickerson of Dothan, Alabama. After the crash, Parrish escaped the vehicle, which caught fire and burned.
Parrish was taken to Bay Medical Center in serious condition. Dickerson and a passenger were not hurt in the crash.