A woman in her early 80s died Tuesday night after she was struck by a car while trying to help two injured dogs on the side of the road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
JSO said around 9 p.m., the unidentified woman and her husband found two dogs that had been hit by a car in the center median of Mount Pleasant Road.
The woman tried to walk across the westbound lanes of the road from the north side to help the dogs when she was hit by a car, JSO said.
She was taken to a local hospital where she died.
The driver of the car remained at the scene and was cooperating with detectives. There are no indicators of impairment, JSO said.
Her death marked the 36th traffic fatality in Duval County this year and the 9th fatality involving a pedestrian.
The westbound lanes of the road were closed for hours while JSO investigated.
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