{"id":205117,"date":"2026-03-25T07:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205117\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:33:09","slug":"jacksonville-police-seeking-suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-on-university-blvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205117\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville police seeking suspect in fatal hit-and-run on University Blvd."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office is currently seeking community support in locating the suspect of a fatal hit-and-run on University Boulevard South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JSO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/traffic\/all-lanes-closed-on-university-boulevard-southbound-jacksonville\/77-46e61fa2-9e25-4d01-bacc-de750aeea4ad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:says that at around 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;says that at around 3&quot;}\" class=\"link \">says that at around 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2026<\/a>, two vehicles, a Nissan and a Dodge Challenger, were traveling northbound on University Blvd S., near Atlantic Blvd. Witnesses told police that the driver of the Challenger was driving &#8220;well over 100 mph.&#8221; The driver of the Challenger has since been identified by police as 23-year-old Alexander Rivera-Russo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to JSO, Rivera-Russo crashed into the Nissan, causing both vehicles to spin off the road. Police say that the Nissan struck a telephone pole and burst into flames, while Rivera-Russo&#8217;s car went into southbound traffic and struck a Toyota Camry near the intersection of Saint Cecilia Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upon arrival, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue pronounced the driver of the Nissan deceased, while the occupants of the Camry were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect had fled the scene on foot, not stopping to call for help or assist the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">First Coast News spoke to family members of the deceased driver, who identified her as 27-year-old Savana Pendarvis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She was full of life\u2014a recent college graduate, dreaming of a career in Human Resources, fresh from her first trip to Europe, and excited for her cousin\u2019s wedding and more adventures,&#8221; the family wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-savana-pendarvis-her-grandmother?attribution_id=sl:26f10fa6-4991-450e-82fc-d79ede587e89&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1767665091&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_control&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GoFundMe.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;GoFundMe.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">GoFundMe.<\/a> The fundraiser was created to support Savana&#8217;s funeral expenses and her grandmother, whom she had been caring for before her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She left behind a ton of people who will never forget her,&#8221; Savana&#8217;s stepmother told First Coast News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Somebody knows something,&#8221; JSO said in a social media post. &#8220;Help us bring justice to the victim\u2019s loved ones and report what you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information on Rivero-Russo or his whereabouts is asked to contact JSO directly at 904-630-0500, or anonymously through First Coast Crime Stoppers (1.866.845.TIPS) to be eligible for a reward up to $5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office is currently seeking community support in locating the suspect of a fatal hit-and-run on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[94245,53466,28387,116,118,117,1872,7185,94244,94243,64089],"class_list":["post-205117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-deceased-driver","tag-dodge-challenger","tag-first-coast-news","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso","tag-nissan","tag-savana-pendarvis","tag-university-blvd-s","tag-university-boulevard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205117","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=205117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}