FHP: 2 dead in crash on I-95 NB near Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol said two people died in a crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 95 northbound near Southside Boulevard.

FHP said a 1999 Mustang, driven by 23-year-old James Gourd of Greenacres, Fla., was traveling northbound on I-95 in the right lane.

The Mustang traveled off the road "for unknown reasons," FHP said, and crashed into a tree. Both Gourd and his passenger, 22-year-old Daniela Albornoz of Greenacres, Fla., died as a result of the crash.

The right lane was blocked for nearly two hours as investigators examined the crash scene.

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