CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A 35-year-old pistillate was killed Saturday greeting erstwhile the car she was riding successful was deed by different vehicle, pushing it into on-coming postulation that resulted successful a head-on collision, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The clang was reported astir 6 a.m. Saturday connected U.S. 17, a half-mile northbound of JP Hall Road successful Green Cove Springs.

According to the FHP report, a car headed southbound connected U.S. 17 collided with a car adjacent to it, sending that conveyance crossed the median, wherever it collided caput connected with a pick-up motortruck headed north.

The interaction pushed the pick-up into a collision with a tractor-trailer that was besides headed north.

The 28-year-old operator of the car progressive successful the head-on collision suffered captious injuries and his 35-year-old pistillate rider died, troopers said. The operator was wearing a spot belt, and the rider was not, according to the report.

The 46-year-old operator of the pick-up motortruck besides suffered captious injuries successful the head-on collision. A rider riding with him was not injured. Both were wearing spot belts, troopers said.

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The operator of the semi and the operator of the car that initiated the clang were not injured, according to the report. They were besides wearing spot belts, the study showed.

The Florida Highway Patrol does not merchandise the names of those progressive successful crashes.

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