Woman who died after crashing into utility pole on Old Middleburg Road marks 122nd traffic fatality this year

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman in her 60s died after veering off the road and crashing into a utility pole on Tuesday afternoon in the Jacksonville Heights neighborhood.

The crash happened around 1 p.m. when the woman was driving south in an Infinity SUV on Old Middleburg Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Police said the woman crossed oncoming lanes and hit a concrete utility pole. It is unknown what caused her to veer.

Emergency officials arrived and provided life-saving measures, but the woman had to be taken to the hospital, where she died.

This is the 122nd traffic fatality in Duval County this year.