Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 30-year-old Jacksonville man was killed last night in a head-on crash on NE Waldo Road.
According to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 11:45 p.m. on April 11, the Jacksonville man was driving a sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 24 (NE Waldo Road). A pickup truck driven by a 21-year-old Middleburg man was traveling westbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 24, with a 19-year-old female passenger from Macclenny and a 21-year-old male passenger from Middleburg.
The vehicles collided near NE 53rd Terrace, the pickup truck overturned, and the driver and passengers suffered minor injuries; all three were reportedly wearing seatbelts.
The sedan caught fire and became engulfed in flames; the driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.