NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Two men died early Saturday morning after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 north of State Road 200, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 4:30 a.m., when a 39-year-old Jacksonville man driving a sedan entered the southbound lanes of I-95 while heading north, troopers said. He was traveling in the inside left lane when he collided head-on with an SUV driven by a 49-year-old Kingsland, Georgia, man, who was headed south in the same lane.<\/p>\n
The impact sent the SUV careening to the right, where it overturned and came to rest on the outer shoulder, FHP said.<\/p>\n
A 26-year-old St. Augustine man driving a sedan behind the SUV swerved to avoid the wrong-way vehicle, veering into the center lane. In doing so, his car struck debris, including an engine block, that had come off the SUV in the crash.<\/p>\n
The wrong-way sedan came to rest in the center and inside lanes. The St. Augustine driver\u2019s sedan stopped in the inside lane and shoulder, facing south.<\/p>\n
The wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The SUV driver was later pronounced dead at UF Health Jacksonville. The Highway Patrol did not report injuries to the third driver.<\/p>\n
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