crash\u00a0<\/a>Tuesday afternoon outside Patriot Oaks Academy in the Durbin area.<\/p>\nAccording to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, the student was riding a gas-powered mini dirt bike in a crosswalk along Longleaf Pine Parkway when he was hit by a car. Investigators say the driver was 17 years old. The 12-year-old was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, flowers and candles lined the area near the crash site as neighbors, classmates and parents gathered to mourn.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart is just saddened for this family and for this community,” said Ashley Sinclair, a parent. “I have three kids who go to the school and I\u2019m just so saddened by what has happened.”<\/p>\n
Video from the scene shows the mini dirt bike pinned underneath a car following the crash.<\/p>\n
People who live nearby say the tragedy has shaken the entire community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to show my support to show [the community] that they are not alone,” said Kiley Moses, a nearby resident. “If they need anything, we are all here to help,\u201d said Kiley Moses, a nearby resident.<\/p>\n
Parents say the area is heavily traveled by children who walk or bike to school and nearby neighborhood amenities.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is a walker or a biker. There are kids everywhere,\u201d Sinclair said.<\/p>\n
Neighbors say their focus now is supporting the grieving family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are supported by the whole community,” Moses said. “We stand with them.”<\/p>\n
The crash remains under investigation. As of Wednesday, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A St. Johns County community mourns a 12-year-old student, tragically killed while riding a mini dirt bike outside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-160799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}