JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A carjacking suspect died Tuesday morning after taking police on a multi-county chase that ended in his vehicle rear-ending a semitruck on Interstate 95 in Flagler County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to the incident report, a 72-year-old woman told the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office she offered to give a ride to a stranger at a gas station after he said he needed to get to the University of North Florida.
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The report also states the stranger got in the back seat and told her to take him to Walmart on Lem Turner instead. Then, he said he was lost, so she stopped at the intersection of Stephenson Drive and Edgewood Avenue.
According to troopers, the suspect allegedly stole the vehicle in Jacksonville near that intersection in the Lakeforest neighborhood.
At around 11:30 a.m., FHP requested assistance from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office in pursuit of the alleged carjacking suspect.
The SJSO said a license place reader detected the stolen car on I-95 near International Golf Parkway and deputies were in pursuit minutes after headed south on I-95 toward Flagler County.
The suspect crashed into the back of a semitruck’s trailer and died from the impact. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said the crash took place just south of the Bunnell exit.
Traffic was stalled for miles and rerouted as crews worked to clear the crash.
The incident report states the 72-year-old woman suffered an arm injury.