BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A man died Wednesday after a crash on I-95 in South Brevard County Wednesday morning.
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It happened shortly before 4:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes and involved three vehicles.
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According to Florida Highway Patrol crash investigators, a 25-year-old woman from Melbourne in a 2018 Jeep Renegade was in the center lane following too closely behind a cargo van with a boat and trailer attached.
Troopers say the front of the Jeep collided with the boat and trailer, causing the van to come to a stop in the outside southbound lane.
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Troopers say the driver of the third vehicle involved in the crash, a 2013 Dodge Journey, wasn’t able to see the stopped van in time and collided with the boat and trailer, dislodging the trailer from the van and sending it onto the shoulder of the highway.
The driver of the journey, identified only as a 60-year-old man from Palm Bay, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the Jeep, the driver of the van, and a passenger in the van were not injured and stayed on scene.
All southbound lanes of traffic were closed while troopers investigated the crash. That investigation is ongoing.
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