A tragic scene unfolded Sunday afternoon on a Florida highway when an elderly man trying to save a turtle was struck and killed. According to multiple reports, the unidentified 77-year-old man from Vermont was traveling on I-95 in Indian River County when he spotted a turtle on the highway.

A 77-year-old man caused a two-vehicle crash and died on Interstate 95 while trying to help an animal that ventured onto the highway, Florida troopers said. The Vermont man died at the scene near Sebastian in Indian River County the afternoon of July 6,