DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – A 58-year-old Baker County man died Monday morning in a crash on I-10 eastbound, west of U.S. 301, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Sources have confirmed that the driver was James Bennett, the chief operating officer of the Jacksonville Port Authority.
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The crash, which blocked all lanes of I-10 eastbound during rush hour, was reported just before 7:30 a.m.
Troopers said a 16-year-old from Glen St. Mary who was driving a red F-150 eastbound on I-10 slammed into the back of a white Lexus sedan, which was slowing for traffic congestion.
The impact sent the pick-up truck flipping, and it landed on its right side, partly across the outside shoulder, the report said.
Troopers said the Lexus -- which sources say was driven by Bennett -- was sent careening into the inside guardrail, and the impact spun the car around.
Bennett died from his injuries. According to the report, the 16-year-old suffered minor injuries.