BAKER COUNTY, Fla. – One woman was killed and two others were seriously injured early Friday morning in a crash on Interstate 10 in Baker County.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Tonya Michelle Clements, 35, was riding in an SUV driven by 25-year-old Shayna Monds when the car left the highway and hit a large tree, ejecting Clements and Monds.
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Clements died at the scene. Monds and another passenger, 47-year-old Christine Green, suffered serious injuries. Monds was taken to UF Health Jacksonville and Green was taken to Fraser Hospital.
The FHP report said Monds was driving westbound on I-10 just after 1 a.m. and veered right on the westbound shoulder for unknown reasons. The SUV traveled into the tree line, hit a large tree, spun counter-clockwise and hit another tree with the vehicle's left side.
None of the women were wearing seat belts, the FHP said.