JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man in his 50s was killed just after midnight Sunday after being hit by a car.
It happened near the intersection of Avent Drive and Palm Hills Drive in Jacksonville’s Ortega Hills neighborhood.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a man in his early 20s, driving a Honda Civic, hit the man as he walked along the roadway.
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The man died at a local hospital a short time later.
This is the 166th traffic fatality in Duval County this year, and the 37th involving a pedestrian.
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