JACKSONVILLE, F.L. — An eight-year-old girl died in a car crash involving a Kannapolis family on Thursday night.
The family of five was driving on I-95 in Jacksonville when the vehicle collided with the back of a tractor-trailer.
Florida Highway Patrol says the driver of the vehicle lost control and crashed. The eight-year-old girl was killed, and highway patrol says she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Two other children have minor injuries, and two adults were seriously hurt.
The truck driver wasn’t hurt, officials say.
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