After several long-suffering months for one Jacksonville family, they are finally getting some justice following an arrest made earlier today in the hit-and-run death of Gavin Carter.
It’s now been 8 months since the 23-year-old was killed. The family told Action News Jax – one of the hardest parts of losing their loved one was waiting for this arrest.
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The Florida Highway Patrol arrested 24-year-old Dante Lawrence Friday for the crash that happened near McDuff Avenue on I-10 on May 23rd of last year.
This all began when a 31-year-old man crashed into a barrier wall on I-10 East at 2:00 a.m., overturning his car. Gavin Carter stopped to help, but was struck and killed by a passing sedan, whose driver, now revealed as Dante Lawrence, fled on foot…