Good Samaritan killed after stopping to help driver involved in Arlington hit-and-run: FHP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A good Samaritan died early Monday morning after trying to help a man involved in a hit-and-run crash on the Southside Connector, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

FHP says that just after 12:30 a.m. Monday, a pick-up truck driven by a 22-year-old man from Texas was hit by an unknown vehicle while getting onto the Southside Connector from the entrance ramp of Trednick Parkway.

The impact spun out the truck and left it facing the wrong way in the inside northbound lane of the Southside Connector.

A 46-year-old woman from Jacksonville saw the crash and stopped to check on the driver.

While both the man and the woman were out of their cars standing next to the driver’s side of the pick-up truck in the inside lane, an approaching driver didn’t see the truck in the road and hit it head-on, slamming the truck into the driver and the good Samaritan.

The impact also sent the truck crashing into the good Samaritan’s car, which was stopped in the road.

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The 37-year-old woman from Jacksonville who was driving the car lost control and spun out after the impact. She was wearing a seat belt, according to the report, and was taken to Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the truck was taken to the same hospital with critical injuries.

The good Samaritan died at the scene.

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