JACKSONVILLE, Fla – The driver of a Dodge Neon that hit and killed two people standing outside their cars waiting on a tow truck early Friday morning has died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The accident happened on the Monument Road exit ramp from Interstate 295 about 2:30 a.m. Friday. Two other pedestrians suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized at UF Health Jacksonville.
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The driver, 21-year-old Leo Ray Hayes Jr., suffered critical injuries and died Saturday morning at UF Health Gainesville.
Troopers said a Mazda 3 and Toyota Camry were pulled off to the side of the exit ramp with a tow truck that had its lights on and when Hayes lost control and struck at least one of the cars and people who were standing outside their vehicles.
FHP says the tow truck driver was not hit and witnessed the crash.
The FHP report lists the pedestrians who died as Jacob Green, 20, and Robert Fisher, 29, both of Jacksonville. Fisher (pictured, left) was listed on Facebook as "in a relationship" with Michelle Eikil, 22, who was one of the victims hospitalized in the crash.
The FHP named the other injured pedestrian as 20-year-old Ryan Mowl, of Callahan.
The ramp from I-295 northbound to Monument Road was closed for about seven hours while the accident was investigated and cleared.
Sgt. Roger Thomas said Florida's Move Over law applies to tow trucks as well as other emergency vehicles.
"Anytime you have medical personnel, police officers and tow truck drivers and road rangers, the move over law applies," Thomas said.