JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver of a vehicle sought in connection with the February hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in Northwest Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
The Sheriff’s Office said the hit-and-run crash happened Feb. 22 on Soutel Drive near New Kings Road.
According to police, the pedestrian, who was identified by family members as 34-year-old Lynard Green, died at an area hospital.
Green’s relatives, as well as family members of two women who died in an unrelated crash in mid-January on Soutel Drive, are now calling for safety changes.
There was a community meeting Wednesday night on a proposed “road diet” for Soutel Drive, which would shrink the busy four-lane road into a slower two-lane road with a wide turn lane in the middle.