10-Year-Old Boy Killed in Florida Semi Crash

A wayward semi truck crossed a grass median, striking a van in Jacksonville, Florida, First Coast News reported. The Jan. 7 collision killed a boy inside the van and injured its driver. The crash occurred on Interstate 10 sometime after 8 p.m. at mile marker 346. The tractor-trailer was travelling eastbound in the left lane of the highway when it crossed the grass median and flipped over into the westbound lane, colliding with the Honda vehicle.

The Florida Highway Patrol pronounced 10-year-old Eli Warren dead. Releia Warren, the 45-year-old driver of the van, had serious injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer was uninjured. Officials said they do not know why the semi truck turned over. The right lane of Interstate 10 remained blocked as of 1:30 a.m. the next day.

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