JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Families are calling for change after a man was killed on Argyle Forest Boulevard Sunday morning.
JSO was called to a single-vehicle crash near Staples Mill Drive just before 2 a.m. Tire tracks appear to show where a truck swerved into the median and crashed into a tree.
“It’s very hard. Christmas is coming, thanksgiving is coming. It breaks your heart,” Eleanor Alley said.
She and other families say driving on Argyle Forest can be dangerous.
Investigators haven’t said speed was a factor in Sunday’s crash, but neighbors say people regularly go over the speed limit.
“You can hear people drag racing at night,” William Argabrite said. “On Argyle, it’s 45. They’re probably doing 60, 70 miles an hour.”
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A quick search shows another serious crash at Argyle Forest and Staples Mill in July. In June of 2018, a car crashed into a church sign at the same intersection.
Argabrite says he’s been pushing for a stoplight there for years to help crack down on speeding and other conditions he believes are dangerous.
“I think it would slow them down because they’d have to slow down for the light once they come around that curve,” he said.
Action News Jax requested crash data and asked city council if anything is in the works to make the stretch of road safer.
Families said until something changes, they hope everyone will be a little bit more careful.
“We have to focus on one another for everyone’s safety,” Alley said.
JSO has not identified the man killed.
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