Action News Jax is hearing from the mother of Rebecca McCarley, an Atlantic Beach woman killed late Sunday night in a hit-and-run not far from Naval Station Mayport.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) confirmed with Action News Jax that the crash happened near the intersection of Wonderwood Drive and A1A. McCarley’s family said she was hit by a car while riding her bike with a friend over the bridge on Wonderwood Drive just east of the intersection.
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McCarley’s mother, Sheena, tells us her daughter’s friend saw the driver hit her daughter before turning around, driving back by Rebecca’s body, and driving away. We’re told the two had been riding in the bicycle lane.
“They just left her there…the person that hit her,” McCarley’s mother said, “they knew they hurt her, they knew they hit her, and left again.”
Action News Jax went to the crash site, the bridge on Wonderwood Drive, and found a teddy bear atop the bridge’s barrier, alongside a written message reading, “RIP Becca, you will be missed, see you on the other side!”…