A 25-year-old Jacksonville woman was traveling south on I-95 North near Pecan Park Road when the Florida Highway Patrol reports that she had four children in the car with her. Malcolm Harvey is the author of First Coast News (On Your Side). Posted at 7:55 a.m. Eastern 6 October 2024 Revision: 11:31 AM EDT 6 October 2024 Florida’s Jacksonville The Florida Highway Patrol reports that a lady and toddler died in an early Sunday morning collision on Interstate 95 at Pecan Park Road in Jacksonville, while four other people were injured. According to the FHP, about 2:20 a.m., one SUV was heading south on I-95 North in the inside lane while another SUV was heading north in the same lane nearby.
As a result, FHP’s crash report states the front of both SUVs collided into each other.
The occupants of the SUV that was traveling southbound are a 25-year-old woman, which is the one who died in the crash, a 5-year-old girl who suffered “serious” injuries, a 3-year-old girl, which is the toddler who died, a 2-year-old girl who suffered “critical” injuries, and a 1-year-old boy who suffered “serious injuries, the report states; all of them are from Jacksonville and the report also indicates that they all were not wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the other SUV that was traveling northbound, a 42-year-old Jacksonville man, suffered serious injuries in the crash, according to the report; he was wearing a seatbelt and was the only occupant of the vehicle, troopers say.
The deadly crash caused all interstate northbound lanes in the area to close for hours, opening back up around 8:35 a.m. Northbound traffic was being diverted off onto Pecan Park Road, too, and the on-ramp onto I-95 North from Pecan Park Road was closed as well.
FHP did not release the identities of those involved in the accident.
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