Woman injured in hit-and-run crash on Blanding Boulevard

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Troopers accidental vehicle, operator captured connected surveillance footage

Still representation from video released by FHP.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A pistillate pedestrian was injured successful a hit-and-run clang connected Blanding Boulevard astatine Belmont Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

On Sunday, troopers asked for the public’s assistance identifying the conveyance and operator who they accidental were involved.

According to troopers, the operator ran a reddish light, and the conveyance struck the pistillate portion she was crossing the roadworthy wrong the crosswalk aboriginal Friday morning.

According to FHP, the conveyance progressive was a achromatic 2016-2021 Chevrolet Cruze that should person insignificant to mean harm to the close beforehand and close broadside of the vehicle. The Highway Patrol said the operator perchance works successful the nutrient manufacture oregon transportation business.

FHP released some surveillance images, arsenic good arsenic video that was recorded by a red-light camera. (Editor’s note: This video whitethorn beryllium hard to watch, but it’s a portion of grounds that could assistance investigators ace the case.)

🔷Clay County Hit & Run Crash🔷

This conveyance struck & injured a pistillate pedestrian connected Blanding Blvd @ Belmont Avenue. Please supply immoderate accusation regarding the vehicle/driver involved.
2016-2021 Chevy Cruze, Black successful color, 18-25 yoa White antheral driver, bladed build, brownish hair. pic.twitter.com/LJYJcMz7vB

— FHPJacksonville (@FHPJacksonville) October 24, 2021

FHP said the pistillate is present astatine location recovering from the incident.

According to FHP reports, determination person been adjacent to 500 hit-and-runs successful Clay County truthful acold this year, much than 50 of which person resulted successful idiosyncratic getting hurt. Two of them person been fatal.

News4Jax transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson said these cases are hard to solve. He said the bully quality successful Friday’s lawsuit is that investigators person video.

“This is amended than having to commencement from quadrate one, from scratch, to effort to fig retired what benignant of vehicle,” Jefferson said. “The video is precise indispensable arsenic grounds to amusement what really happened erstwhile they find the idiosyncratic that was really driving that night.”

Anyone with accusation astir Friday’s clang is asked to interaction the Highway Patrol by calling *FHP (*347).