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Woman dies after driving over ditch, striking tree on Yellow Bluff Road

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman in her 60s was killed in a crash while she was driving on Yellow Bluff Road Friday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Police said around 9:24 a.m., the woman was speeding in an SUV while driving north on Yellow Bluff Road and lost control of her car.

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The woman then went over a ditch, struck a private fence, and went through the front yard of a private property before striking a tree and coming to a full stop, according to JSO.

The woman was airlifted to a local hospital with serious injuries. Moments later, she was pronounced dead, police said.

This marks the 42nd traffic fatality in Duval County this year.

No one else was involved or injured in this incident.


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