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I-TEAM: Doctor among witnesses who tried to save UF Health Jax CEO after WaveRunner accident Sister of Dr. Leon Haley Jr. says she’s grateful for bystanders who rushed to help Updated:  July 28, 2021 10:59 pm I-TEAM: Doctor among witnesses who tried to save UF Health Jax CEO after WaveRunner accident JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A doctor said he tried to save the life of the UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. after a personal watercraft accident over the weekend in Palm Beach County. “I don’t think we did anything that he wouldn’t have done,” said anesthesiologist Dr. Joseph ...

I-TEAM: Report details moments before, after WaveRunner accident that killed UF Health Jacksonville CEO Witnesses say Dr. Leon Haley Jr. was with loved ones during accident Updated:  July 27, 2021 6:35 pm A man shared this photo that he took Saturday after the personal watercraft incident. (Provided to WJXT) PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – The News4Jax I-TEAM is piecing together what happened in the moments before a personal watercraft accident that killed UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. On Tuesday, the I-TEAM obtained a crash report that reveals what witnesses saw seconds before h...

By Joel Malkin Photo: iStockphoto 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 Jacks...

Hospitals are battling steep increases in new COVID-19 cases, with Florida leading the nation. On Friday, the most recent day with complete statistics, Florida added 13,256 new cases — figures comparable to the disease's prior local peak in January, when the state regularly recorded 10,000 or more infections per day. Leading causes for the current wave are the highly contagious delta variant primarily among people who are unvaccinated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is weighing revising their COVID-19 guidelines to recommend that even fully vaccinated individuals wear masks in p...

06:50 PM EST Share He was "a man of integrity who always wanted to do the right thing," says David R. Nelson, senior vice president for health affairs and president of UF Health. By Jenese Harris • News4Jax.com UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. died July 24 after he was thrown from a personal watercraft in the Palm Beach Inlet, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said July 25. Haley, 56, was found in the water wearing a life jacket, the FWC said. He was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he died. Here is the full st...