BAKER COUNTY, Fla. — The Jacksonville community is mourning the loss of a local dancer killed in a car crash in Baker County.
The crash happened at midnight Sunday, March 31, according to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report.
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FHP says Kavin Grant, 37, died after his vehicle was struck from behind by a white Dodge Avenger traveling eastbound on I-10, causing his car to run off the roadway into a ditch, hitting several trees.
Troopers say the driver of the Dodge Avenger was traveling at a higher rate of speed than Grant and failed to slow down.
That driver suffered minor injuries. Charges are pending, according to the FHP report.
Grant was well-known in the dance community in Jacksonville. He was a former teacher at the Jacksonville Center of the Arts in Lavilla and was also the assistant professor of dance at Alabama State University.