Driver Dies In Collision With Jackknifed Semi
POSTED: Friday, October 10, 2008
  The driver of this car died after crashing into a jackknifed tractor-trailer on North Main Street. |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 45-year-old driver from Kingsland, Ga., died Friday afternoon after a chain-reaction wreck involving three vehicles -- one of them a tractor-trailer hauling a load of beer.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred about 3 p.m. on North Main Street near Pecan Park Road when the southbound big rig driven by Randy Kinner, 30, of Orange Park, rear-ended a pickup truck driven by Juan Maria Banegas Flores, 24, that was pulling a cement mixer.The tractor-trailer jackknifed, then was struck by a northbound car driven by Tony Baker.Baker was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the other drivers nor the four passengers in the pickup truck were injured.
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