Sep
10
A 67-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning when she was hit by a car in the 6900 block of St. Augustine Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Hanifa Mesic, who lived in an apartment on neabry Galicia Road, was trying to cross St. Augustine Road about 10 a.m. when she walked into the path of a Toyota Camry, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Taken to UF Health Jacksonville by paramedics with life-threatening injuries, she was pronounced deceased upon arrival, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The 71-year-old Camry driver was not injured in the accident, and no citations are expected to be filed against him since the pedestrian failed to yield to oncoming traffic, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The northbound lanes of St. Augustine Road were closed for about three hours after the accident.
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