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A crash on the Main Street Bridge killed one man and hospitalized another with severe injuries on Wednesday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
The crash, which involved at least two vehicles, was reported around 7:30 a.m.
JSO said a Mercedes E350 was northbound on the bridge in the outside lane while a Mercury Grand Marquis was heading southbound.
Officials said the Grand Marquis slid off the regular roadway and careened into the west side attenuator wall, then slid across travel lanes into the east side metal grating that protects the bridge.
JSO said the Grand Marquis then struck the Mercedes in a head-on collision. Both drivers were taken to a hospital where the Grand Marquis driver died, and the Mercedes driver is in stable condition with severe injuries, JSO said.
This is the 60th traffic fatality in Duval County in 2026.
The crash shut down the bridge for a few hours, but it has since reopened.
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