YULEE, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that a woman died overnight when she crashed into a log truck trailer.
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According to the crash report, at around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, an SUV was traveling east on State Road 200 at Felmor Road in the outside lane behind a semi-truck carrying logs. The woman driving the SUV failed to maintain a safe distance from the truck when it came to a traffic light, and she hit the trailer.
Video showed that the logs penetrated the driver’s side of the car on impact.
The woman was transported to UF Health where she was pronounced dead. She was 25 years old and from Fernandina Beach.
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