Child in critical condition, adult dead after Northwest Jacksonville crash with semi-truck

UPDATE: 11:10 AM: A 26-year-old man is dead and a child is in the hospital in critical condition after the car they were in crashed into the rear of a semi-truck Wednesday morning in Northwest Jacksonville.

The wreck occurred at about 8:45 a.m. in the 7300 block of New Kings Road. The semi-truck driver was traveling southbound in the outside lane of New Kings Road, Jacksonville police said at a news conference.

As the truck approached the north intersection of Soutel Drive and New Kings Road, it slowed and stopped for traffic, police said.

A newer model Hyundai Elantra traveling behind the truck failed to stop and rear-ended the tractor-trailer, police said…

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