Two eastbound lanes on I-10 just before I-295 closed due to deadly crash

Drivers can exit I-10 at Chaffee Road and take U.S. 90 (West Beaver Street) as a detour.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE: One eastbound lane has reopened, leaving two still closed.

All eastbound lanes on I-10 just before Hammond Boulevard and I-295 are currently closed due to a deadly crash, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

However, drivers are still able to get around the wreck by using the left shoulder, FDOT’s traffic cameras show.

Drivers also can exit I-10 at Chaffee Road and take U.S. 90 (West Beaver Street) as a detour.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, at 2:05 a.m., a sedan was parked on the right shoulder of I-10 East just before Hammond Boulevard at the same time that a semitruck was traveling east on the interstate in the outside lane.

Troopers said the crash happened when the driver of the sedan, identified as a 72-year-old Jacksonville man, attempted to merge into the outside lane from the shoulder and hit the back of the semitruck.

 FHP said the man “failed to ensure it was safe” to get back onto the interstate prior to merging.

After the collision with the semitruck, FHP said the sedan hit a “DOT traffic sign support pole” on the right outside shoulder.

A 72-year-old Jacksonville woman who was a passenger in the sedan was killed in the crash, according to FHP, while the driver suffered minor injuries. The driver of the semitruck, a 47-year-old man from Lakeland, was not injured, troopers said.

First Coast News will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available.