JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville family is still searching for answers after 66-year-old Edward Hopkins Jr. was struck by a car while traveling in his motorized wheelchair, and the driver never stopped .
According to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office crash report, the hit-and-run happened around 7:15 p.m. on October 16, 2025, near Terry Road and Randy Road.
The report states that Hopkins was “in a motorized wheelchair traveling eastbound on the south shoulder of Terry Road” when an eastbound vehicle “departed the roadway, struck [him], and then fled the scene.”
According to the family, they returned to the scene nearly 24 hours after the crash and discovered pieces of the damaged wheelchair and car parts still scattered along the roadside. Among the debris, they identified a bumper t