NORTH PORT, Fla. — A beloved local food truck business is working to rebuild after losing nearly everything in a crash early last week.

Allen McLeod and Laneatha Daily, owners of Allens BBQ and Seafood, say they were traveling on U.S. 17 in DeSoto County around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, en route to Wauchula in Hardee County, when disaster struck.

“[I] had a blowout on my truck, lost control, [the] trailer flipped over, jackknifed the trailer — just a terrible situation,” McLeod said.

The couple says their food trailer was completely crushed in the crash, destroying all of their supplies and equipment.

“With everything we lost, I would say maybe $40,000 in damages," McLeod said

The two have since launched a GoFundMe campaign after encouragement from community members.

“Many of them were like

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