JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three people were killed and another four were injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on, chain reaction crash on Atlantic Boulevard near Empire Point, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
The multi-car crash, which was reported around 12:30 p.m., shut down all lanes of Atlantic Boulevard from Empire Point to University Boulevard for hours.
Sgt. Robert Hungerford with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit said a teen driver was headed westbound in an Infinity when he drove over the short concrete median and crossed into oncoming traffic.
Hungerford said two SUVs and a car were headed eastbound, and at least one of them was struck head-on by the Infinity, causing a chain reaction with the other two.
The sequence of impacts is still under investigation, Hungerford said.
“We do believe (the Infinity) struck more than one. I don’t know if it hit all of them. We’re still working on that. We have an extensive debris field, and our investigators are top-notch,” Hungerford said. “I’m certain they’ll figure that out before we finish today.”
The crash left three people in one of the SUVs dead, Hungerford said.
He said two men in the other SUV were hospitalized with critical injuries, and the woman driving the car was also hospitalized but was stable.
The teen driver was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
The three deaths bring the total for traffic fatalities in Jacksonville to 40 so far in 2026, Hungerford said.
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