Photos: Family fights for 911 calls made after Jacksonville father fatally struck by car
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Darryl Lindsey A local family is still searching for answers three months after their loved one was hit by a car and left on the side of the road for nearly 12 hours.
Darryl Lindsey The family of 59-year-old Darryl Lindsey reached out to us when they felt that nobody was doing anything after their father and grandfather was hit and killed by a car on Friday, August 27.
Darryl Lindsey The next morning, around 8:30 a.m., a truck driver called 911, saying he spotted a body on the roadside. It was Lindsey.
Darryl Lindsey We’ve been pressing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol for answers and for weeks, we’ve been asking for the audio of original 911 call made the night Lindsey was hit on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway near Wilson Street. After involving our attorneys, we finally received the recording of two calls made by the driver.
Darryl Lindsey In the first call, the man said he believes he hit something. He sounds very frazzled but clearly said that his car was banged up and had blood on it. We’ve been pressing JSO, asking why no one was sent out to the scene the night Lindsey was hit.
Darryl Lindsey Action News Jax’s Meghan Moriarty has been requesting the 911 calls for weeks and was denied twice until we finally received the calls. To date, there have been no arrests, no tickets issued and for the Lindsey family, no closure.
Darryl Lindsey Three months after Lindsey was hit by a Dodge Challenger and left on the side of the road for nearly 12 hours, Action News Jax has obtained two 911 calls the car’s driver made to report the incident and alert JSO.
Darryl Lindsey A spokesperson with JSO said there is an active administrative investigation into the handling of that original 911 call.
Darryl Lindsey Lindsey’s family said they were devastated by the loss and asked why no one was sent to the scene immediately.
Darryl Lindsey Moriarty also played the phone call for the family’s close friend, Crystal Tyler. “This is wrong on every level,” she said.
Darryl Lindsey “We’ve been waiting on the release of the 911 call this entire time,” family friend Crystal Tyler said. “This is my first time hearing it and I have a ton of questions for the 911 operator as well as the driver.”
