6-Year-Old Girl Hit, Killed By Pickup Truck In Auburndale: Cops

Lakeland FL

05 January, 2022

3:56 PM

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POLK COUNTY, FL — A 6-year-old girl died Wednesday morning when a Ford F-150 hit her on an Auburndale road, a police news release said. According to Auburndale police, just before 6:30 a.m., the child , Ra'nesha Jackson, started to cross U.S. Highway 92 at the Havendale Boulevard intersection when the truck hit her. Unaware he hit a person, the driver continued toward Lake Alfred. Another driver told him he had hit a person, and then he drove back to the location and cooperated with detectives. Investigators said he did not show any signs of impairment. A medical examiner pronounced Jackson dead at the crash area, deputies said. She attended Auburndale Central Elementary.