Driver of box truck dies after crashing into semi on I-95 in Jacksonville near SR-9B

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A 39-year-old Miami man is dead after the box truck he was driving crashed into the back of semi tractor-trailer Tuesday morning on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville.

The crash happened at about 5:35 a.m. on I-95 northbound near State Road 9B. The semi stopped on the right shoulder within the emergency lane just south of SR 9B when the box truck crashed into the back of it, a Florida Highway Patrol news release state.

The box truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the semi, a 23-year-old Petersburg, Virginia man, was treated for minor injuries at the hospital.