Update: Boating accident kills 1

A jet ski driver was killed Saturday when he collided with a boat in Durbin Creek in northern St. Johns County. A passenger, identified by authorities as the driver’s girlfriend, was critically injured and was flown to Shands Jacksonville by rescue helicopter.
Investigators hadn’t concluded how fast each vessel was traveling, or whether alcohol played any role in the collision. The driver of the boat wasn’t injured.
Investigators said people onboard another boat heard the collision and brought the victims to the closest boat ramp, at Hood Landing on Julington Creek in Mandarin. Both people on the jet ski were wearing life vests, investigators said.
The names of the 19-year-old driver and 18-year-old passenger were not released because authorities were still contacting their families. Check Jacksonville.com and Sunday’s Times-Union for updates.