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Man dies in Palm Valley crash when van sideswipes truck, hits concrete pole

Fatal crash in St. Johns County on Thursday (WJXT)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A Neptune Beach man died Thursday in a Ponte Vedra Beach crash on Solana Road (County Road 210A), according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers said that a little after 2 p.m., a 55-year-old man was driving a van west on Solana Road, just west of La Pasada Circle, which is west of A1A. At the same time, a 60-year-old man driving a pickup truck was headed east on the same road.

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The report said the van drifted into the oncoming lane and sideswiped the left side of the pickup truck.

The van then struck a concrete electrical pole on the left shoulder of the road.

The 55-year-old man died. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The 60-year-old man, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt, the report said.


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