3-year-old child killed after getting out of disabled vehicle, wandering into traffic, FHP says
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 3-year-old girl was killed on Wednesday night after Florida Highway Patrol says she exited a disabled vehicle, wandering into the roadway and was hit by a car.
It happened on J. Turner Butler Blvd. between Kernan and Hodges Blvd.
According to troopers, the child was in a vehicle that became disabled in the right emergency lane. The girl reportedly got out of the vehicle and wandered into traffic before being hit by a passing car, News4Jax reports.
The child was taken to the hospital where she died.
No other details have been released.