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Pedestrian killed after getting hit by car, box truck on Philips Highway

Pedestrian killed A man was killed Saturday morning after being hit by two vehicles on Philips Highway.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 20-year-old man is dead after police say he was hit by two vehicles at about 2 a.m. Saturday. He was walking on Philips Highway at Bowdendale Avenue when he was hit by a blue sedan driven by a 37-year-old Jacksonville man and a white Iszuzu box truck driven by a 41-year-old man also of Jacksonville.

“For an unknown reason, the pedestrian was walking in the southbound lanes of Philips Highway,” a Florida Highway Patrol news release states. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene by Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

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