At about 11:10 p.m. Sunday night, Historic City News was informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that a former Allen D Nease Senior High School student, 18-year-old Benjamin Goss of Ponte Vedra Beach, died from injuries sustained in a crash at Racetrack Road and US-1.
Goss, whose hometown is Meadville, Pennsylvania, was riding his 2005 Honda CBR600 motorcycle, traveling east on Racetrack Road.
A 2015 Mack truck, driven by 58-year-old Danton Heggs of Jacksonville, was traveling southbound on US-1 in the outside lane, also approaching the Racetrack Road intersection.
As he approached the controlled intersection at US-1, Goss lost control of his motorcycle and overturned in the intersection. He was ejected onto US-1 in the path of oncoming traffic.
Heggs struck Goss resulting in fatal injuries. Goss was pronounced dead at the scene. Heggs was uninjured in the crash.
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