‘Do Better, Duval’: School board member demands pedestrian safety fixes after three students hit

Just six days into the new school year, three Duval County students have already been struck by cars — one fatally — prompting urgent calls for action from District 3 School Board Member Cindy Pearson.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirmed the most recent incident happened Monday morning near First Coast High School. Officers say the student was struck in a hit-and-run but was not injured. The crash marked the third student involved in a traffic accident in less than a week.

Last week, a middle school student was killed after being hit by a truck on Biscayne Boulevard, and another student was struck just days before…

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