![A Honda Civic sits on 38th Avenue N in St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning after being removed from beneath a semitrailer truck. One person in the Civic died in the accident, near the intersection with 40th Street. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/resizer//FWVzBAqvbRHXjJJxBRu7qze5NYw=/426x0/smart/filters:format(webP)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GCNUOMGGI4I6TCHRIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "A Honda Civic sits on 38th Avenue N in St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning after being removed from beneath a semitrailer truck. One person in the Civic died in the accident, near the intersection with 40th Street. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]")
ST. PETERSBURG — A man died early Wednesday morning after a crash that wedged his car under an 18-wheeler tractor trailer near 38th Avenue N and 40th Street.
According to St. Petersburg police, Dante Robert Acquarolo, 25, of St. Petersburg was headed west on 38th Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. in a 2013 Honda Civic.
Stanoja Mitrovic, 59, of Iowa, was driving the tractor trailer south on 42nd Street N when he turned in front of the Honda.
Acquarolo was unable to avoid the truck, police said. His car was dragged and wedged under the tractor-trailer. He died at the scene.
The intersection was closed for five hours during the investigation.
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