JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three people walking along Jacksonville roads were struck and killed in just one week, according to Jacksonville police and Florida Highway Patrol reports, raising renewed concerns about pedestrian safety on some of the city’s busiest corridors.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit says that so far this year, there have been 92 traffic fatalities, and 25 of those involved a pedestrian.
Now, city officials are responding to what they describe as an ongoing safety issue on Jacksonville’s busiest roadways…