23-year-old killed in overnight crash on Philips Highway

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A man is dead and another man is critically injured after an overnight crash in the Baymeadows area Saturday.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on Philips Highway North of Baymeadows Road.

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FHP said a pickup truck hit a roadway sign support pole. The driver of the pickup truck sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash and has been identified as a 23-year-old man.

A 20-year-old passenger of the truck was transported to the hospital with critical injuries.

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Authorities did not say what caused the driver to crash into the pole.

This story first appeared on First Coast News.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Driver killed, passenger critically injured after Philips Highway crash