Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on Southside Boulevard, FHP says

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Troopers tin beryllium seen Monday greeting astatine the country of a deadly hit-and-run crash. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The assemblage of a pedestrian killed successful a hit-and-run clang successful Jacksonville was recovered Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the clang happened sometime during the overnight hours connected Southside Boulevard adjacent Perimeter Park Boulevard.

According to a FHP quality release, a conveyance was traveling successful the close lane of southbound Southside Boulevard arsenic a pedestrian was walking southbound connected the close enarthrosis of the roadway. The Highway Patrol said the conveyance past went disconnected the roadway and into the writer shoulder, fatally striking the pedestrian.

The assemblage of the pedestrian, who was described arsenic a 33-year-old man, was recovered Monday greeting by passing motorists, troopers said.

“I arrived and cipher was there, and past astir 8:30, our bureau started noticing constabulary cars,” said Kelly Bello, who works astatine the Keller Williams Realty bureau nearby.

FHP said the conveyance progressive was a 2001 to 2005 Honda Civic that is missing the close broadside mirror, has close beforehand harm to headlight assembly, and has harm to the close beforehand and close broadside accordant with a collision involving a person.

Anyone with accusation astir the lawsuit is asked to dial *FHP (*347) oregon telephone Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-845-TIPS (8477).

According to News4Jax records, determination person been 14 hit-and-run fatalities successful Duval County this twelvemonth and determination person been nary arrests made successful immoderate of those crashes.