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Three-car crash at Zoo Parkway confirmed to be deadly by Florida Highway Patrol

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to a crash involving multiple cars and multiple patients.

The scene of the three-car crash was at Zoo Parkway and Main Street. The Florida Highway Patrol said in a report that the first and third cars were traveling west on State Road 105, while the second car was traveling east, in the opposite direction.

Reports state that the first car traveled into the oncoming lanes of State Road 105, striking the front of the second car.

For reasons still unknown at this time, the third car also traveled into the eastbound lanes and struck Vehicle 1.

The driver of Vehicle 1 was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.

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According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 11:55 a.m.

One person was confirmed trapped by JFRD.

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Three people were transported to the hospital including one person with critical injuries. There were no fatalities on the scene.

According to the FHP website, there is a reported fatality.

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