LIFE INSURANCE 2 2005-10-26

Duval semi driver dies in crash A tractor-trailer truck driver died Monday when his rig hit a Interstate 295 guardrail near Blanding Blvd. in Jacksonville then left the highway and ran into the tree line, according to the Florida highway Patrol. UPS driver Michael Duffy, 42, of the 1300 block of west Summit Oaks Dr. in Jacksonville, was thrown from the truck after it struck a large tree and overturned. Authorities said Duffy was Southbound at 8:30 p.m. when the truck hit the guardrail in the outside lane and left the road. 1996-10-23 14-year-old girl drives car through stop sign / wreck kills tot, truck driver A 14-year-old girl drove a car through a stop sign and slammed into a United Parcel Service truck on Jacksonville's Westside yesterday, killing a baby in the car and the truck driver, police said. The underage driver, Shirley Adams, of Sharon Lake Dr. was hospitalized in critical condition last night at University Medical Center. Her 18-year-old passenger, Diane Egantoff, of the 7700 block of Sonia Dr., and Egantoff's 2-year-old daughter, Christine, were listed in fair condition last night. Egantoff's 1-year-old daughter, Tiffany, died in the wreck that also killed the 33-year-old driver of the UPS truck. His name was not realeased pending notification of relatives. Police said the underage driver had been reported missing from her home. Investigators said she went to her sister's high school yesterday to borrow her keys to get in their home and took her sister's car with one of them. The accident occurred about 2:10 p.m. at Cobalt Ave. N. and Barmer Dr. in Cedar Hills. Witnesses said the passenger told them they were on their way to a supermarket. Witnesses said the dead baby, who suffered a severe headd injury, had been strapped in a child seat. The other child was using a lap belt. Both women had seat belts on, but the truck driver didn't, police said. Witnesses and police said the truck stopped at the house near the intersection to deliver a package, but left after a man there couldn't pay the $187.00. The teen was in a blue Pontiac Sunbird west on Cobalt when she ran a stop sign and hit the northbound truck, said Lt. R.D. Eason of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The truck flipped on it's side, the car hit a curb. The truck driver was thrown from his truck and pinned underneath. Neighbors who heard the crash ran to the scene. Richard Finley, 25, who lives about five houses away, said the passenger asked to help her and her 2-year-old daughter out. Finley's wife Sandra, helped too.  "There was nothing I could do for the infant," said Richard Finley, 25. Theresa Wyatt, 45, heard the crash and went to the scene. "It's pretty horrible," she said tearfully. "I thought, 'Oh, dear God, please help them." "I've never seen a baby like that." 2009-01-15 Fisherman drowns in Julington A 52-year-old Jacksonville man drowned while fishing with two other men on Julington Creek after their small motorboat took on water and sank, authorities said. Despite efforts by his brother and friend to save him, Henry Boston of 2975 Plum St. in Northwest Jacksonville drowned shortly after noon, police said. Witnesses said the two other men were yelling "swim!" and trying to hold Boston afloat in the middle of the creek, but that he disappeared into the dark water. The incident marks the second boating death in four days on Jacksonville's waterways. Jeremy Gremillion, 23, of Jacksonville was killed when a boat carring eight people hit a dock near Julington Creek. Henry Boston Jr. was a member of the union, Teamsters Local 512. 2009-01-17 Motorcyclist dies after failing to see pickup A 44-year-old Jacksonville motorcyclist died Monday after turning into a pickup truck's path, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Authorities identified the victim as Steven A. Woolsey. He wasn't wearing a helmet during the 9:50 a.m. crash on Commonwealth Ave. at the northbound I-295 entrance ramp and died at the scene, the FHP said. Woolsey was heading toward the ramp and a tractor-trailer was blocking his view of the Ford F-350 that hit him as he turned in front of approaching traffic, Lt. Bill Leeper said. Authorities identified the other driver as 60-year-old Loyd W. Rhoden from St. George, Ga., and said he wasn't hurt.