{"id":122880,"date":"2025-08-06T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122880\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:09:10","slug":"24th-motorcyclist-killed-in-jacksonville-this-year-as-grieving-mother-speaks-out-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122880\/","title":{"rendered":"24th motorcyclist killed in Jacksonville this year as grieving mother speaks out \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville has seen a troubling rise in deadly motorcycle crashes this year. On Tuesday, the 24th motorcyclist death of 2025 was reported in Duval County, following a crash on the Southside Connector<\/a> in Arlington.<\/p>\n

One woman, Tina Allred, lost her son, Taylor Yescavage, in a motorcycle crash on July 31. His death was one of three motorcycle fatalities in Jacksonville in just the past week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe left early from work to go home and clean up to meet us, who were in town that night for dinner and we haven\u2019t seen him in a few months,\u201d said Allred.<\/p>\n

Taylor never made it home.<\/p>\n

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According to police, a man in his 60s was driving an SUV northbound on Lem Turner Road when he made a U-turn at Prospect Street\u2014directly into Taylor\u2019s path. Taylor was taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely devastated because Taylor was a twin and we lost his twin years ago as a baby, and so now he\u2019s gone too,\u201d said Allred.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean that whole leg of my family is gone. It\u2019s hard,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reports that Duval County currently holds the grim distinction of being the deadliest county in Florida for motorcycle crashes in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta watch out for motorcycles\u2014just got to. You gotta look, look,\u201d said Allred.<\/p>\n

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, there have been five motorcycle deaths since June alone. The crash on Tuesday brings the total to 24 for the year.<\/p>\n

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