{"id":425393,"date":"2026-10-12T09:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425393\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:28:20","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-on-hodges-boulevard-jso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425393\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in crash on Hodges Boulevard: JSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ZI6HAZV74NDXTBLZ56DXUQA3FM.png\"\/>Map shows the scene of a deadly motorcycle crash on Hodges Boulevard near Danforth Drive. (WJXT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a pickup truck late Sunday night on Hodges Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The crash happened at about 10:15 p.m. near Montebello Way, JSO said. A man in his late 20s was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle northbound on Hodges Boulevard just south of Beach Boulevard when a silver Toyota Tacoma turned from Danforth Drive onto Hodges Boulevard and entered the motorcycle\u2019s path, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The motorcycle hit the rear of the Tacoma, causing the truck to flip. The rider was thrown from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene by Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department personnel, JSO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The death is Duval County\u2019s 128th traffic fatality this year and the 17th involving a motorcycle, according to JSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Traffic was affected on Hodges Boulevard as detectives investigated the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorRichard Ochoa headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/32996b8f-cdbd-4095-b2c4-bbde2af10bfc.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/V7SHPJEM6QF6ZD5ES1YAGHEHQO\/\" title=\"View Richard Ochoa&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Ochoa<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Richard Ochoa is Manager of Content and Coverage at WJXT, where he leads multi\u2011platform strategy, elevates visual storytelling, and mentors journalists to deliver audience\u2011first coverage for Jacksonville and all of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Map shows the scene of a deadly motorcycle crash on Hodges Boulevard near Danforth Drive. (WJXT) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,4228],"class_list":["post-425393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-motorcycle-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425393","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=425393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}