Man driving van killed in crash with tractor-trailer

HILLIARD, Fla. – A 58-year-old man driving a company van was killed Tuesday morning in a crash with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 1 in Hilliard.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Gustavo Giral of Jacksonville was attempting to turn onto U.S. 1 from Lake Hampton Road (County Road 121) in a DIRECTV van and turned into the path of a tractor-trailer.

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The tractor-trailer, driven by 41-year-old Bill Joe Dale of West Green, Georgia, hit the driver's side of the van.

Giral was transported to UF Health, where he died. Dale was not injured. Charges are pending.