SPRING HILL, Fla. —  A Pinellas County deputy suffered serious injuries in a traffic crash on Tuesday morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Deputy Dakota Dellechiaie was driving a marked Sheriff’s Office Chevy Tahoe when he crashed into an Amerigas Propane tanker truck just after 5:30 a.m.

Troopers said the tanker driving was traveling in reverse across Hudson Avenue into a private driveway in the 15000 block when the deputy’s eastbound cruiser collided with the tanker. 

The Tahoe traveled under the trailer portion of the propane semi-truck. 

Dellechiaie, 32, was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the tanker was not injured.

Pasco Fire Rescue responded to the scene and extricated Dellechiaie from the cruiser. He was transported to Bayonet Point Hospital Trauma Center with serious head injuries, and he is stable at this time.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.