{"id":146462,"date":"2025-08-15T00:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T00:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/146462\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T00:47:15","slug":"young-teen-dies-after-being-hit-by-pickup-truck-on-jacksonvilles-northside-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/146462\/","title":{"rendered":"Young teen dies after being hit by pickup truck on Jacksonville\u2019s Northside, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said a young teenager died on Thursday afternoon after being hit by a pickup truck while walking across a street on Jacksonville\u2019s Northside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the crash occurred just before 4 p.m. on Biscayne Boulevard when a Toyota pickup truck, which was headed northbound on the roadway, hit the teen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Jacksonville Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene, provided aid, and took the teen to the hospital, JSO said. The teen was pronounced dead shortly after. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the pickup truck\u2019s driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This incident marked the 100th traffic fatality of the year, and the 19th involving a pedestrian, JSO said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Biscayne Boulevard is currently shut down as police continue their investigation, but officials add that it will reopen in about one hour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office extends its condolences, thoughts, and prayers to the parents, the family members, the loved ones, and the friends of the child. This is a sad day, especially for the family members,\u201d said JSO Sergeant Robert Hungerford. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hungerford added that he doesn\u2019t believe the crash was related to the teen heading home from school due to the time of the incident, but reminded drivers to practice patience and caution as the new school year gets underway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">&#8220;Remember, the young people that are now out and about and all over the place,\u201c he explained. \u201dThere\u2019s a short window for them to be coming into school&#8230;So just be proactive, especially in the school zones these first few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The full briefing can be watched below. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said a young teenager died on Thursday afternoon after being hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,8423,8901,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-146462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jso","13":"tag-northside","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115030028774129071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}