A man and woman, 73 and 67 years old, were killed by a wrong-way driver on Butler Boulevard Thursday night, May 28, in Jacksonville.
The 21-year-old driver going the wrong way also suffered serious injuries in the collision at about 9 p.m. west of Marsh Landing Parkway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. He was in a pickup truck west on Butler with the other couple going east in a sport-utility vehicle and they hit head-on. The 73-year-old was driving the SUV, which also had a surviving 38-old female passenger with serious injuries.
All were from Ponte Vedra except for the 38-year-old SUV passenger who was from Wappingers Falls, New York. The Highway Patrol does not identify motorists in the initial crash reports.
The case remains under investigation.
(This story has been updated with a minor adjustment.)
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Ponte Vedra man and woman die in wrong-way crash on Butler Blvd.
Reporting by Scott Butler, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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