JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Nassau County father has been taken into Jacksonville Sheriff's Office custody for the death of his 8-month-old baby, who was ejected from a car during a crash in 2023.

Lenford Killings, 36, of Callahan, was arrested last week on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child, DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, reckless driving causing damage to a person or property, and DUI causing damage. The charges stem from a crash on Dec. 10, 2023.

Killings is accused of drinking alcohol, being under the influence of THC, and driving 120 miles per hour, causing the crash, according to a warrant for his arrest.

The crash happened on I-295 just south of Merrill Road. The arrest warrant says it was a single-vehicle crash. Killings was the driver, with a female passenger and t

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