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The director of UF Health in Jacksonville has died in a jet ski crash in Palm Beach County.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. lost control and crashed into a jetty at the Lake Worth Inlet on Saturday. He was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center, where he died.
56-year old Dr. Haley was the first African-American CEO at UF Health and is believed to have been the first person in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccine back in December.
He's credited with leading the fight against the coronavirus in Jacksonville.