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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