JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A person is dead following a crash early Tuesday in Jacksonville. A Chevrolet Trailblazer with a single occupant was driving eastbound in the 13900 block of Old St. Augustine Road at about 1 a.m. A black Mercedes, occupied by a male driver, was heading westbound in the eastbound lanes, according to Jacksonville police. The vehicles collided head-on. The driver of the Trailblazer was killed. The driver of the Mercedes was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Eastbound lanes on Old St. Augustine Road from Bartram Park Boulevard to Interstate 95 were closed for several hours Tuesday morning.