JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Friday shared photos of two possible vehicles that fatally struck a pedestrian and left the scene.
The collision happened Wednesday night in the area of New Kings Road and Redpoll Avenue. The pedestrian died at the scene.
The Sheriff’s Office said the vehicle involved is potentially a 2005-2007 Dodge Magnum or Chrysler 300 (pictured). The passenger-side front end should have damage as a result of the crash and the car will be missing its passenger side fog light bezel and headlight.
An eyewitness spoke to News4JAX on a condition of anonymity.
“An individual came from out of nowhere. Straight. Fast. About 60 or 65 mph, hit her. She flew in the air, spun and hit the ground. Then I watched her take her last breath,” the witness said. “She was not in the street. She was on the side.”
And because of that detail, he doesn’t think this was an accident.
“It was purposely done, and I really feel there needs to be some justice behind it.”
A clerk who was working inside a nearby store at the time of the crash agreed to speak with us as long as she too could remain anonymous.
“The people that saw it ran inside the store and were screaming ‘The lady got hit. Call 911. She is for sure dead,’” the clerk said.
The owner of the store says police took surveillance video from cameras that look outward toward the street.
When it comes to the vehicle police are seeking, the witness believes the vehicle was a Magnum.
“It was like a dark blue or a black. I saw it had dark tinted windows,” he said.
Pamela Brown, friend of the woman who died, says she was in her 70s and didn’t have a home.
“She was a kind-hearted person,” Brown said. “She was free-hearted. If she had it, she gave it.”
According to our records, there have been 30 fatal hit-and-run crashes in Jacksonville since 2020. And since that time, only two arrests have been announced.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or email at JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward up to $3,000, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.