Community leaders taking action after 14-year-old hit by car while riding scooter

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There has been sadness successful Northwest Jacksonville aft a lad was struck and killed by a car portion riding an electrical scooter this week.

It happened Tuesday nighttime connected Rolling River Boulevard adjacent Dunn Avenue and New Kings Road.

Now assemblage leaders are coming unneurotic to marque definite thing similar this doesn’t hap again.

“Anytime you get a kid deed by a conveyance it’s ever a calamity and nary genitor would privation that for their child,” Emile Delerme said. “Everybody present successful the assemblage is feeling it. I’m inactive feeling it from past night.”

News4JAX learned the kid turned 14 years aged past period and precocious moved to Jacksonville from South Carolina.

Delerme is president of the Rolling River Homeowner’s Association. He was joined by metropolis councilman Reggie Gaffney who said aft the holidays helium plans to get metropolis workers successful the country to propulsion for making the roadworthy safer. In fact, Gaffney said he’s unsuccessfully successful the past worked connected petition drives to little the velocity bounds successful the area.

“This is what we’re gonna do,” Gaffney said. “I’m gonna draught an ordinance to inquire my colleagues to beryllium capable to enactment them down due to the fact that for the past 2 hours we’ve been virtually trying to dilatory cars down astir here.”

Investigators said it appears the kid didn’t cheque the thoroughfare earlier trying to transverse and the operator of the Camaro has been wholly cooperative. Now the absorption volition beryllium connected making the roadworthy safer for some drivers and children.

Gaffney said 1 crushed he’s been unsuccessful successful the past with petition drives to little the velocity bounds is that determination are truthful galore renters successful the area, but helium has to person homeowners motion immoderate petition to springiness it weight.

Now helium hopes introducing authorities to the afloat metropolis assembly tin marque a difference.