ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Highway Patrol is on the scene of a fatal accident that shut down Interstate 95 northbound in between U.S.1 and S.R. 206.
The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. and blocked northbound traffic entirely for more than 4 hours. All lanes have since been reopened.
According to a First Coast News source at the scene, it was a two-vehicle accident and one of those vehicles, a red truck, flipped several times before rolling off the interstate, ejecting two passengers.
The source tells us one male was pronounced dead at the scene and the other passenger was flown to Shands in critical condition.
The passenger of the other vehicle involved was not injured.
First Coast News