Multiple crashes shut down I-295 NB near Pulaski Road

Traffic diverted onto Alta Drive after 3 crashes block highway

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three crashes involving three semitractor-trailers and more than a dozen vehicles shut down northbound Interstate 295 near Pulaski Road in Northeast Jacksonville for several hours Tuesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Traffic was diverted onto Alta Drive.

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The crashes were reported just after 3:30 p.m. and all lanes reopened at about 7:30 p.m.

According to FHP, a semitruck lost control and collided with another semitruck. After the initial collision, the first semitruck continued on I-295 and crashed into a third semitruck and about a dozen cars.

A woman and two children were transported to a hospital with minor injuries, FHP said.