JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A 42-year-old Jacksonville woman is dead after the car she was driving was hit by an Amtrak train Wednesday evening at a railroad crossing. It happened at about 7:25 p.m. at Timuquana Road and Roosevelt Boulevard.<\/p>\n
She was traveling south on Rooosevelt Boulevard, turned onto Timuquana Road, and drove around the automatic railroad gate, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states. The vehicle was struck by the train which was headed northbound, according to FHP. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Misty Bouey was on her lunch break when she witnessed what happened. \u201cYou could hear the blare of the [train] horn,\u201d she said. \u201cYou could see the [railroad] arm getting ready to go down. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe young lady was trying to beat the train and as she was trying to beat the train, it dragged her,\u201d Bouey said. ” I ran across the street, bust out the window, and tried to cut off the seatbelt.”<\/p>\n
Bouey said she held the victim\u2019s hand as she took her last breath. \u201cI was praying for her,\u201d she said. \u201cShe lasted about four minutes before she left.\u201d<\/p>\n
As she died, someone was calling the victim on her Apple Watch, Bouey said.<\/p>\n
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