JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman died on Tuesday night after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 295 near Duval Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
FHP said a 30-year-old woman from Jacksonville was driving an SUV in the proper direction, going northbound in the northbound lanes of I-295.
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A 57-year-old man from Jacksonville was driving a sedan going southbound in the northbound lanes on I-295.
The woman’s SUV struck the man’s sedan in the front, causing both vehicles to rotate counter-clockwise.
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The man’s sedan ended up on its right side, obstructing the northbound left and center lanes on I-295.
The woman’s SUV “came to final rest obstructing the left northbound lane of I-295,” FHP said.
The woman died from her injuries and the man sustained serious injuries in the crash.
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Correction: A previous version of the story said the woman in the SUV was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of I-295. The sedan driven by the man was actually driving southbound in the northbound lanes. FHP sent a corrected version of the narrative of its report.