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One antheral was killed and 2 others were injured successful a three-vehicle clang Friday day adjacent Callahan, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

FHP said the clang happened astir 1:45 p.m. astatine U.S. 1 and Charwood Drive.

According to troopers, 2 sedans were traveling northbound connected U.S. Highway 1 successful the extracurricular question lane and a pickup motortruck was traveling southbound connected U.S. Highway successful the extracurricular lane. Troopers said the operator of 1 of the sedans slowed down to marque a right-hand crook and the operator of the sedan traveling down the archetypal sedan failed to dilatory and attempted to swerve to debar the archetypal sedan. Troopers said the beforehand of the 2nd sedan past collided with the backmost of the archetypal sedan, continued northbound done the median, traveled into the southbound lanes and collided head-on with the pickup.

The operator of the 2nd sedan, a 76-year-old Jacksonville man, died, troopers said. An FHP quality merchandise shows helium was not wearing a spot belt.

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The operator of the archetypal sedan, a 49-year-old Jacksonville man, and the operator of the pickup, a 70-year-old Hilliard man, suffered insignificant injuries. The FHP merchandise shows it’s chartless whether the operator of the archetypal sedan was wearing a spot belt.

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