JACKSONVILLE, FL : A bicyclist is dead following a crash on Wednesday, 26th July 2023

A bicyclist is dead following a crash Wednesday morning on Emerson Street around 9 a.m., according to the Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit.

Officials said a sedan was heading eastbound on Emerson Street when a bicyclist — an elderly white male — left the sidewalk northbound into the road, JSO said. The sedan hit the bicyclist and the bicyclist was thrown onto the pavement, officials said.

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