ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — An elderly passenger was killed Thursday morning in a wrong-way two-car crash on State Road 16 in St. Johns County, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
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A 17-year-old girl was driving west on SR-16 near Turnbull Creek Road when she crossed over the turn lane and into the eastbound travel lane, according to FHP. The front of the girl’s car then crashed head-on into a pickup truck with three people inside.
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FHP reports the girl was left seriously injured. Two of the people in the pickup truck had minor injuries, but one passenger, a 96-year-old man, died.
It’s unclear what made the teenager swerve into opposing traffic.
Officials say her car came to a final stop on Turnbull Creek Road.
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