Family says Bob Rathje was successful motorcycle lane connected Beach Boulevard erstwhile helium was struck

Bob Rathje's photograph connected a paper that was handed retired during vigil.

Bob Rathje's photograph connected a paper that was handed retired during vigil.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Family and friends gathered Tuesday nighttime to retrieve a 79-year-old grandfather, who was struck and killed portion riding his bicycle.

Bob Rathje was successful the motorcycle lane traveling westbound connected Beach Boulevard adjacent I-295 erstwhile helium was hit, his household told News4Jax earlier this month. He aboriginal died from his injuries.

The household said for implicit the past 20 years, he’s collected much than $7,000 that he’s recovered portion riding his bike, which helium was utilizing to wage for his grandchildren’s assemblage education.

It’s what helium was doing, the household said, erstwhile helium was killed.

On Tuesday night, those who attended the vigil shared stories and prayed.

Family and friends gathered for the Tuesday nighttime vigil.

“It’s comforting to cognize that my ma and my dada had this overmuch enactment successful the neighborhood,” said Rathje’s son, Glenn. “We are some not from the area, truthful it makes it comforting to cognize that determination is that overmuch enactment for our mom.”

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Rathje’s daughter, Ellen, said it was a large mode for radical to get unneurotic and retrieve her father, but she wants the nationalist to retrieve that the idiosyncratic who took his beingness hasn’t been arrested.

“The idiosyncratic who did this is inactive retired there,” she said. “So we are truly hoping that anyone who has immoderate accusation astir this mishap volition travel forward, either telephone the constabulary oregon spell to Justice for Bob connected Facebook with immoderate accusation you mightiness have.”

Rathje’s lad wanted to punctual the nationalist that it happened connected July 31 astir 10 p.m. connected Beach Boulevard.

By News4Jax count, determination person been 8 reported deadly hit-and-runs successful Jacksonville successful 2021. No arrests person been announced successful immoderate of them. There were 8 reported past year, 1 of which resulted successful an arrest.

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