*Updated to include details about the occupants and the status of the roadway. 

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – UPDATE, 12:30 p.m.: Traffic is once again flowing through the intersection of SW 63rd Lane Road and SW 60th Avenue.

Early this morning, a rollover accident involving a pickup truck snarled traffic there, on secondary streets where traffic detoured and had a trickledown effect impacting traffic on SW College Ave (also known as State Road 200).

Marion County Fire Rescue (MCFR) says the occupants of the pickup were able to get themselves out of the truck before first responders got on the scene. Paramedics transported them to the hospital in serious condition.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. While it’s not clear yet what caused the accident, it appears the roadway may have been slick from heavy rain coming down at the time.

MCFR first responders check things out in the overturned truck. Courtesy: MCFR
MCFR on the scene of the crash early Thursday morning in Ocala. Courtesy: MCFR
MCFR firetrucks arrive at the scene of the crash. Courtesy: MCFR
MCFR fire crews on the scene at the intersection of SW 63rd Lane Road and SW 60th Avenue. Courtesy: MCFR

ORIGINAL, 7:55 a.m.: Crews from multiple agencies are on the scene of a wreck in Southwest Ocala.

Marion County Fire Rescue (MCFR) crews were dispatched at 5:19 a.m. to the intersection of SW 63d Lane Road and SW 60th Avenue in reference a motor vehicle accident. That’s just off Southwest College Road.

Marion County Fire Rescue crews say a truck hit a power pole and rolled over at the intersection of SW 63rd Lane Road and SW 60th Avenue. Courtesy: Jessica Maier/352today
State troopers have shutdown the road so that crews can repair the power pole that was damaged in the accident. Courtesy: Ben Baugh/352today

MCFR tells 352today a truck hit a power pole and rolled over.

“Upon arrival, we found two patients on the ground with the power pole leaning,” said MCFR Public Safety Information Manager James Lucas. “Crews quickly loaded patients in rescues and transported them to a local hospital.”

Multiple callers to our partners at 93.7 K-Country report traffic is very slow-going in the area. The Florida Highway Patrol is also on the scene investigating.

352today’s Ben Baugh is on the scene and says cars are being rerouted through a Walgreens parking lot. He also says traffic is heavy at the intersection of SW 67th Lane and SW 60th Court Road where drivers are diverted around the closed roadway. Avoid the area until further notice.

Other secondary roads are experiencing heavy traffic as drivers are detoured around the road closure. Courtesy: Ben Baugh/352today

This is a developing story. We’ll update the status of traffic conditions as we get more information.