JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was killed and another was critically injured in an overnight crash on Normandy Boulevard.
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According to the crash report, at around 1:45 a.m., a 20-year-old man from Jacksonville was driving a sedan east on Normandy Boulevard just west of North World Avenue. The sedan veered off the roadway to the right and struck a fence. After the initial impact with the fence, the right side of the car struck a tree.
The driver sustained critical injuries and the passenger, a 23-year-old man from Ukraine, died at the scene.
FHP said both men were wearing seatbelts.
Normandy Boulevard was closed down for several hours as investigators checked out the scene, but it has since reopened.
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