JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A pedestrian died Friday evening after being hit by a car on New Kings Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The crash happened around 6:40 p.m. in the 8500 block of New Kings Road.
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Police say a man in his mid-30s was driving a Ford Flex northbound when he struck a man who was walking in the roadway. There are no marked crosswalks in that area.
Jacksonville Fire Rescue pronounced the pedestrian, believed to be a man in his mid-60s, dead at the scene.
JSO says this is the 163rd traffic death in Duval County this year and the 36th involving a pedestrian.
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