MELBOURNE, Fla. – One person is dead, and another was injured after a rear-end crash involving a semi-truck on Interstate 95 northbound on Tuesday morning in Melbourne, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred around 6 a.m. near mile marker 191 at Wickham Road in Brevard County.
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According to FHP, a 2017 Dodge Journey was traveling northbound on I-95 in the inside lane when the driver failed to stop for a 2015 Mack semi tractor-trailer that was stopped ahead due to traffic. The front of the Dodge Journey struck the rear of the semi-truck, according to a traffic report.
The driver of the Dodge Journey was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Dodge Journey was transported to the hospital with serious injuries, troopers said.
The driver has not yet been identified. The semi-truck driver was not injured and remained on scene.
All northbound lanes of I-95 were blocked at mile marker 191 but have since reopened.
The crash remains under investigation.