JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed a 55-year-old man is dead following a crash on I-10, west of Lane Avenue Monday.
According to FHP, the man was traveling westbound in a garbage-truck when the truck struck the guardrail near the left lane and overturned.
While overturned, the truck struck a pole in the median, FHP says. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to the crash and confirmed fuel was leaking from the truck.
Crews have responded to a traffic accident at 10 westbound at the Lane Ave exit involving a flipped trash truck that is a fatal accident will a fuel leak…hazmat team is enroute…expect delays in the area. @FHPJacksonville
— THEJFRD (@THEJFRD) May 16, 2022
The man has not been identified. FHP says he is from Ponte Vedra Beach.
This is a developing story that will be updated once more information becomes available.
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