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An 87-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was trying to help a turtle on a Florida highway.

An 87-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was trying to help a turtle on a Florida highway.

A Vermont man trying to help a turtle cross the road was hit by a pickup truck and died on Interstate 95 in Florida, authorities said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 77-year-old man caused a two ...

As a result, the driver hit the 77-year-old man before crashing into a fence off I-95. The FHP says the 77-year-old man who was trying to save the turtle died at the scene.