16-year-old dies in crash that closed Interstate 10 at U.S. 301

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash on Interstate 10 near U.S. 301.

The crash killed a 16-year-old Jacksonville girl, Autumn Branham, and a 61-year-old Jacksonville man was hurt.

FHP closed all eastbound lanes as officials investigated. The lanes reopened at about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Troopers said Branham's car left the westbound lanes of I-10, crossed the median and into the eastbound lanes. Branham collided with a pickup truck that was hauling a trailer. The Civic continued after the crash and collided with a tractor-trailer that was towing a car hauler.

The 61-year-old driver of the pickup truck, Thomas Kelly, is in serious condition at UF Health Jacksonville. The tractor-trailer driver was not hurt.

Branham was not wearing a seat belt, according to FHP. She died at the scene.

Charges are pending.

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