JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 19-year-old woman was killed and two other young women were hurt Friday morning in a crash on Interstate 295 at Old St. Augustine Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
State troopers said the 19-year-old Haven Shonio, of Vermont, was a passenger in a Toyota 4Runner that was driven by 19-year-old Karen Gregory, of Ponte Vedra Beach. The two, along with a second passenger, Melissa Martinez, of Jacksonville, were headed north on I-295 when the vehicle approached a pickup truck, tried to steer around it and lost control.
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Troopers said the SUV struck the right side of the truck, then went across the lanes and struck the left side of tractor-trailer. The SUV overturned and came to a rest on its wheels, sideways in the left and center lanes.
Shonio died at the scene. Both Martinez and Gregory were taken to UF Health Jacksonville with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 60-year-old Daniel Kuntson and the drivers of two pickup trucks involved, Ioan Popa and Roger Blandford Jr., were not hurt.
A trooper on a traffic stop on the opposite side of the highway witnessed the crash just before 11:30 a.m. and immediately called for help.
Channel 4 learned that all three young women were students at Flagler College.
Northbound traffic on I-295 remained blocked for more then three hours while the accident was investigated and cleared.