Girl killed in hit-and-run on Jacksonville’s Arlington Road
A teen girl was discovered dead in a culvert of Arlington Road where someone also crashed into a fence and left the scene Tuesday evening, Sept. 30.
First Coast News
- Two pedestrians, a teenage girl and a man in a wheelchair, were killed in separate incidents in Jacksonville.
- The teenage girl was the victim of a hit-and-run, and authorities are seeking information from the public.
- The man in the wheelchair was struck by two different vehicles, and both drivers remained at the scene.
Two pedestrians, one a teen girl in a hit-and-run and the other a man in a wheelchair, were killed Tuesday night in Jacksonville.
The two deaths increase Duval County’s traffic fatalities to 125 so far this year and 29th involving a pedestrian, according to the Sheriff’s Office. That compares to 116 and 30, respectively, at the same time in 2024.
The Sheriff’s Office said the girl was likely struck between 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Sept. 30 in the 700 block of North Arlington Road near the Arlington Expressway. She was discovered that night in a culvert unresponsive outside a mangled fence. Evidence at the scene suggests she was walking northbound along the east side shoulder of Arlington Road when a vehicle ran over a curb before striking her and destroying a large section of chain-link fence. No one apparently stopped to render aid or call for help.
Detectives gathered evidence at the scene and are working to obtain video surveillance. They are asking anyone with information about it to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (904) 630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org or call Crime Stoppers at (866) 845-TIPS.
The Sheriff’s Office did not identify the girl or provide a specific age.
In the other crash across town, a man in his late 40s was in the center of Old Gainesville Road in the 10900 block between Normandy Boulevard and Chaffee Road at about 8:10 p.m. when he was struck by a car heading westbound, the Sheriff’s Office said. The collision threw the man into the eastbound lane where he was immediately struck by a second car.
Rescue personnel transported the victim to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival. Both drivers remained at the scene and were cooperating with detectives, according to the Sheriff’s Office.