JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A traffic crash left one man dead and three others injured along Interstate 95 Monday afternoon.

The crash happened at about 2 p.m. just south of Baymeadows Road.

At one point, all northbound lanes of I-95 were blocked as a medical helicopter landed to pick up the victims.

The Florida Highway Patrol said 42-year-old Lisa Green, of Jacksonville, was driving north on I-95 when she veered off the highway to avoid colliding with another vehicle.

She hit a three-member survey team on the side of the highway. Michael McAndrews, 48, died.

Witnesses told the FHP the driver was out of control.

"Driving at a high rate of speed and also driving recklessly, the vehicle came up behind some other traffic and there was not anywhere for that driver to go and she swerved to the right and traveled off the roadway onto the east shoulder. There was a pickup truck parked on the grass area and three surveyors standing behind the pickup truck. She slammed into the back of the pickup truck, kind of pinning the pedestrians between her vehicle and the truck. One of those pedestrians died at the scene," said FHP Lt. Bill Leeper.

The surveyors, working behind a Ghiotto and Associates truck, were doing their jobs when they were hit, authorities told Channel 4.

The two surviving workers, William Dibble and Caleb Sirles, were rushed to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center by air ambulance.

Green was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police said she was conscious and talking after the crash.

They said the fatal crash is a tragic example of why drivers should travel with caution when work crews, rescue workers or officers are on the side of the road.

"This is a classic example of how dangerous it is being stopped on the side of the road. In this case, they were well of the road and working, not even thinking that a vehicle would come off the road and strike them," Leeper said.

"Where this happened is one of the highest traveled corridors in this entire area if not the most heavily traveled," said Mike Goldman, of the Department of Transportation.

He said tragedies like Monday's can be avoided if people just slow down and pay attention.

"It's something the drivers have to be aware of because there are a lot of things like this going on in this area -- not only surveying but a lot of construction," Goldman said.

The fatal crash remained under investigation. However, the FHP said the survey team was following every safety guide and the wreck could have been avoided.

As of Monday night, all three people taken to Shands remained hospitalized. Green was in serious condition. Dibble and Sirles were both in fair condition.