JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Two teenage boys were killed Saturday in a multi-vehicle crash on Edgewood Avenue West, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of Edgewood Avenue West, Sgt. Hungerford of JSO\u2019s Traffic Homicide Unit said at a briefing.<\/p>\n
A man in his 50s was driving a Dodge 3500 pickup truck eastbound on Edgewood Avenue while towing a large steel trailer loaded with two vehicles. <\/p>\n
The truck struck the rear of a Toyota Camry, which was then pushed into a Ford Ranger, he said. The Dodge pushed the Camry through the intersection before coming to rest on top of it.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Two people were trapped inside the Camry, according to JSO. Jacksonville Fire Rescue crews extricated the Camry\u2019s driver, who was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition. <\/p>\n Two male teenage passengers in the Camry were found dead at the scene.<\/p>\n JSO said the driver of the Ford Ranger was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition.<\/p>\n Sgt. Hungerford said the driver of the Dodge is cooperating with investigators and may face charges. Investigators believe speed, braking, or a combination of the two played a role in the crash.<\/p>\n The deaths mark Duval County\u2019s 106th and 107th traffic fatalities of the year, Sgt. Hungerford said.<\/p>\n Edgewood Avenue at Lem Turner Road was closed for several hours following the crash but has since reopened.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Two teenage boys were killed Saturday in a multi-vehicle crash on Edgewood Avenue West, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,93136,144152,144151,28,348,116,351,118,117,1415,349,350,68104,30139,346,345],"class_list":["post-352511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-edgewood-avenue-west","tag-fatal-crash-teens","tag-fatal-multi-vehicle-crash","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-teenage-boys","tag-traffic-homicide-unit","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}