Woman dead after hit while walking across Atlantic Blvd, police say

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported that a woman is dead after she was hit trying to cross Atlantic Boulevard Sunday night.

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According to detectives, at approximately 10 p.m., a woman attempting to walk across Atlantic Boulevard was struck by a Chrysler 300 headed eastbound. The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement.

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This marks the 136th fatality in Duval County this year and the 34th involving a pedestrian.

Eastbound Atlantic Boulevard was closed from White Avenue to Ridgewood Plaza into the morning hours, but it is back open now.

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