JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Three people were killed and another four were injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on, chain reaction crash on Atlantic Boulevard near Empire Point, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n
The multi-car crash, which was reported around 12:30 p.m., shut down all lanes of Atlantic Boulevard from Empire Point to University Boulevard for hours.<\/p>\n
Deadly crash on Atlantic Boulevard (WJXT)<\/p>\n
Sgt. Robert Hungerford with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Traffic Homicide Unit said a teen driver was headed westbound in an Infinity when he drove over the short concrete median and crossed into oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n
Hungerford said two SUVs and a car were headed eastbound, and at least one of them was struck head-on by the Infinity, causing a chain reaction with the other two.<\/p>\n
The sequence of impacts is still under investigation, Hungerford said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do believe (the Infinity) struck more than one. I don\u2019t know if it hit all of them. We\u2019re still working on that. We have an extensive debris field, and our investigators are top-notch,\u201d Hungerford said. \u201cI\u2019m certain they\u2019ll figure that out before we finish today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The crash left three people in one of the SUVs dead, Hungerford said.<\/p>\n
He said two men in the other SUV were hospitalized with critical injuries, and the woman driving the car was also hospitalized but was stable.<\/p>\n
The teen driver was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n
The three deaths bring the total for traffic fatalities in Jacksonville to 40 so far in 2026, Hungerford said.<\/p>\n
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