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Shark Dies in Truck Crash on Florida Interstate

One of four sandbar sharks being transported from Florida to an aquarium in Coney Island, New York, was thrown from the rig after it blew a tire.

A shark was killed in a traffic crash on an interstate in Florida Wednesday, authorities said.

The sandbar shark died after it was thrown from a tractor-trailer transporting four sharks to an aquarium in New York that blew a tire on I-95 and ran into a ditch, the Florida State Highway Patrol told NBC station WESH.

Three sharks survived the crash in Volusia County, northeast of Orlando, the station reported. A SeaWorld rescue team transported the surviving five-foot sharks to a facility.

"They're in good condition," SeaWorld Rescue team member Jim Kinsler told WESH. "Nothing different from normal transport stress."

No people were hurt in the crash, officials said. The tractor-trailer was transporting the sharks from Marathon, Florida, to an aquarium in Coney Island in New York City.