2 injured after car hits person, building

Crash happened on San Juan Avenue

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two people were injured Friday afternoon when a driver hit a man sitting on a bench and then crashed into the side of a building, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.

The wreck was reported just before 5 p.m. on San Juan Avenue on Jacksonville's Westside.

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The woman who was driving had to be cut out of the Ford Taurus, JSO Sgt. Dennis McVickers said.

Police said she and the man were both taken to UF Health Jacksonville with non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, according to the Sheriff's Office.