{"id":204210,"date":"2026-03-24T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204210\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:03:08","slug":"no-charges-to-be-filed-in-minibike-crash-that-killed-patriot-oaks-academy-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204210\/","title":{"rendered":"No charges to be filed in minibike crash that killed Patriot Oaks Academy student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old student died in a crash with an SUV while crossing Longleaf Pine Parkway on a mini dirt bike. Officials say the SUV driver will face no charges.<\/p>\n<p>ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office Traffic Unit has concluded its investigation into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/e-bike-crash-patriot-oaks-academy\/77-18c1fbff-3818-466c-b386-4fdc0c6067d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">fatal crash<\/a> involving an SUV and a gas-powered mini dirt bike that killed a 12-year-old on Longleaf Pine Parkway on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the crash involved a 2019 Infiniti QX50 traveling eastbound near Patriot Oaks Academy and a juvenile operating a small gas-powered motorcycle traveling south in a crosswalk area.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, a 12-year-old Patriot Oaks Academy student, was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>School was not in session at the time, and the school zone was inactive, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the motorcycle entered the roadway shortly before the collision, leaving the driver with &#8220;little opportunity to avoid the crash.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities determined the driver was not speeding, impaired or driving recklessly.<\/p>\n<p>No criminal charges will be filed, and the investigation has been closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 12-year-old student died in a crash with an SUV while crossing Longleaf Pine Parkway on a mini&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-204210","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\/204210","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=204210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}