LIVE OAK — A fatal accident on Interstate 10 west of town had the eastbound lanes of the interstate blocked Thursday afternoon and evening.

According to Suwannee County Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol, there was a two-vehicle accident west-bound on the interstate involving a pickup and a semi-truck Thursday at 2:42 p.m. The occupant of the pickup, 56-year-old Robert Stephen Hoye of Tampa, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene, according to SCFR and FHP.

The semi — driven by Ronald Zimmerman, 58, of Troy, Alabama — was traveling west in the outside lane when attempted to change lanes to the inside lane where Hoye’s Dodge Ram was located, according to the FHP report. Hoye swerved into the center grass median to avoid a collision, the report states.

The semi swerved back into the outside lane, according to the report, and then traveled across the westbound lanes and through the center median. Its front right tire hit a bridge culvert and turned the semi over onto its left side, coming to a stop in the eastbound lanes of I-10 on the overpass of US Highway 90 near mile marker 275.

The semi then burst into flames, according to SCFR. Zimmerman was transported to Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center in serious condition for further evaluation.

Hoye overcorrected after swerving into the median and traveled northwest across the westbound lanes, according to the FHP report, colliding with a guardrail on the north shoulder and overturned down a grass embankment where Hoye was ejected.

Eastbound traffic was diverted into Live Oak by FHP and Florida Department of Transportation. As of 10:15 p.m., the outside eastbound lane was still closed according to FHP.