JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman in her early 60s was fatally struck by a car while walking across Atlantic Boulevard on Saturday night, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
The woman was walking north across the 10000 block of Atlantic Boulevard at about 9 p.m. when a silver Infiniti sedan hit her, Sgt. Coffey of JSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit said in a briefing.
“It should be noted that she was not in a crosswalk when she was struck,” Coffey said.
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Jacksonville Fire and Rescue pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
No further details regarding her identity have been released.
It is the 131st traffic fatality in Duval County this year and the 32nd involving a pedestrian, according to the sheriff’s office.
This crash comes just a day after a woman in her 50s was struck and killed while crossing Atlantic Boulevard Friday night.
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