JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 54-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon in a crash in the Highlands area of the Northside, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the motorcyclist, John Mason, was headed west on Dunn Avenue near Armsdale Road about 2:45 p.m. when a Chevy Silverado turned left onto Dunn Avenue from Armsdale Road, across the motorcycle’s path.
A woman told News4Jax she stopped to help Mason as he was lying in the road.
“I knew it was going to happen, and I told my daughter they are not going to put a light there until someone gets killed, and that’s just what happened," said Jennie Talley, who lives near Dunn Avenue.
The crash shut down both directions of Dunn Avenue between Pine Estates Road and Biscayne Boulevard for several hours.