JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 76-year-old woman died Tuesday night after she was struck by a car while trying to help two injured dogs on the side of the road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The family has identified the woman as 76-year-old Linda Cordray.
Linda Cordray died after being hit on Mt. Pleasant when she and her husband saw 2 injured dogs.
JSO said around 9 p.m., Cordray and her husband found two dogs that had been hit by a car in the center median of Mount Pleasant Road.
Cordray tried to walk across the westbound lanes of the road from the north side to help the dogs when she was hit by a car, JSO said.
She was taken to a local hospital where she died.
The driver of the car remained at the scene and was cooperating with detectives. There are no indicators of impairment, JSO said.
Her death marked the 36th traffic fatality in Duval County this year and the 9th fatality involving a pedestrian.
The westbound lanes of the road were closed for hours while JSO investigated.
Josh Perritte was Cordray’s neighbor and lives near where the crash happened.
“It’s sad a lady lost her life,” Perritte said
Cordray’s son was at the scene looking for any items she might’ve left behind.
He didn’t speak on camera but, but a relative gave this statement:
“We are heartbroken at the loss of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Linda Cordray, affectionately known by her loved ones as Mammy. Mammy’s infectious smile was a gift to all who met her, and her inspirational devotion to family and all living creatures was evident throughout her life,” the family of Linda Cordray said.
Perritte said he wishes last night’s crash didn’t happen.
“I think it’s kind of ridiculous that we had to go cover up the two dogs and they’ve been here for a day,” Perritte said.
Perritte said he put the tarp on the two dogs lying in the median.
Not far from the crash is where a bicyclist was hit and killed by a pickup truck in 2022.
Perritte said he wished the road was safer.
“Anything would be a good start. If they would do anything with the speed and everyone coming over the wonderwood…If we could break down and kind of give everyone a chance to realize the speed changes instead of continuing to go 60 through the neighborhood,” Perritte said.
Perritte said he and other neighbors reached out to their city council representative to talk about speed. News4JAX reached out to Michael Gay as well to see how many people have reached out and what could be done and has not received a response.
