The city of Sparta, Georgia, and its police department are coming together to honor a dispatcher who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Jacksonville.
A candlelight vigil is being held for Mary Jones, and Sparta’s Chief of Police Tommie Walker Jr. said they’re expecting a large turnout because of how great of a person she was and how well-known she was in the community.
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“She was joyful, she was happy she was always smiling. If she couldn’t help you she wouldn’t hurt you, I’ll put it like that,” Walker said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said on Thursday, Sept. 12, Jones got out of her car on the right shoulder of Interstate 95 north near Edgewood Avenue when she was hit by someone driving a Ford Explorer. The car was reported stolen and was found in a Northside neighborhood with damage , according to troopers. However, no arrests have been made.
Walker said they worked in a smaller agency and are heartbroken.
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