Man identified in deadly Main Street bridge crash

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX connected Monday learned the individuality of a man who died successful a head-on crash connected the Main Street Bridge.

His woman identified him arsenic Jack Moore, 26. He was driving a Kia, which collided with an Infiniti.

Moore’s woman did not privation to marque a comment.

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the 2 vehicles were traveling successful other directions erstwhile the Kia crossed the halfway line. The operator of the Infiniti was said to person captious injuries. Investigators are moving to find wherefore the Kia crossed into oncoming traffic.

In December 2020, 2 radical died successful different head-on collision connected the bridge, and determination person been different crashes connected the span that did not effect successful fatalities.

On Monday, we spoke with radical who often question the bridge. They interest astir speeding and distracted drivers.

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“I’ve seen and I’ve personally had to debar incidents,” Lania Martin told News4JAX.

“You tin conscionable drift close implicit and clip someone,” Stephen Carey said. “It’s excessively casual to drift and clip.”

News4JAX transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson says the Main Street Bridge is narrow.

“When you’ve got oncoming traffic, sometimes radical panic and determination implicit and it impedes the advancement of the idiosyncratic successful the extracurricular lane,” Jefferson said.

Carey suggested a obstruction beryllium enactment successful spot to abstracted northbound and southbound traffic.

“There needs to beryllium astatine slightest thing going up the middle,” helium said.

“I decidedly deliberation determination could beryllium a batch of improvements,” Martin said. “Even if it were poles to abstracted the lanes.”

The Florida Highway Department of Transportation said eliminating road fatalities is its highest priority.

An FDOT spokesperson released a connection that reads:

“Eliminating roadway fatalities is the highest precedence of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and its postulation information partners. FDOT recognizes achieving zero fatalities and superior injuries volition not beryllium casual and volition necessitate commitment, energy, and innovation. FDOT embraces this information precedence done its Target Zero initiative.

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“Safety connected the roadway is simply a cooperative effort and FDOT’s Target Zero cannot beryllium achieved without operator work connected the roadway. Specific questions astir the incidental connected the Main Street Bridge should beryllium directed to instrumentality enforcement arsenic the substance is pending investigation.

“As a substance of process, FDOT evaluates crashes that hap connected authorities facilities with a peculiar accent connected crashes that effect successful a fatality. If improvements connected a roadway tin beryllium made to heighten safety, further studies whitethorn beryllium warranted.”

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