Traffic backed up south of mile marker 339 on I-75 as of 7:30 a.m. on Friday, October 18.
Traffic backed up south of mile marker 339 on I-75 as of 7:30 a.m. on Friday, October 18.

A stretch of southbound lanes on Interstate 75 in south Marion County is slow this morning after an early crash.

The accident slowing traffic occurred just beyond mile marker 341 on I-75 south around 5:26 a.m. this morning, according to a brief report from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Traffic near mile marker 341 on I-75 as of 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning.
Traffic near mile marker 341 on I-75 as of 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning.

As of 7:30 a.m., FDOT cameras show traffic backed up for a few miles south of Exit 341 (County Road 484).

The congestion follows a week of heavy traffic on the highway, in part due to evacuees of Hurricane Milton returning back south.