One dead in tractor-trailer crash on I-95 in Ormond Beach

The crash occurred at about 2:48 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes of I-95 at mile marker 276.


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  • | 8:25 a.m. August 13, 2026
  • | Updated 11:16 a.m. August 13, 2026
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One person has died in a crash early Thursday morning involving two tractor-trailers on I-95 in Ormond Beach, Florida Highway Patrol reported.

The crash occurred at about 2:48 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 at mile marker 276. FHP reports that a 57-year-old Jacksonville man driving a tractor-trailer crashed into the back of another tractor-trailer who had stopped in the outside lane, with hazard lights on, after a previous crash with a deer. 

The Jacksonville man's tractor-trailer caught fire as a result of the crash. He was pronounced dead at te scene.

The driver of the other tractor-trailer, a 59-year-old man from Cape Canaveral, sustained no injuries. 

 

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