26-year-old critically hurt in I-295 crash

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 26-year-old Jacksonville man was critically injured in a crash late Friday morning on Interstate 295 at Baymeadows Road.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Robert Mancheno was driving north on I-295 in the right lane at 11:35 a.m. when his SUV struck the rear of a tractor-trailer traveling in front of him.

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Mancheno's SUV then traveled to the right and hit the inside guardrail, before overturning back into the roadway.

Mancheno was taken to Orange Park Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He was wearing a seat belt.

The driver of the semi cab, 54-year-old Norman Wright, was not hurt.

Troopers said charges are pending.


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