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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office released the name of a pedestrian killed Saturday at the intersection of Blanding Boulevard and Confederate Point Road.
Fifty-one-year-old Brian Floran died after being hit by a car while crossing Blanding Boulevard, according to a news release from Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Shannon Hartley.
Hartley said Floridan was walking across Blanding Boulevard in an east to west direction.
A vehicle traveling northbound on Blanding Boulevard struck Floran.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department transported Floran to a local hospital where Hartley said he was pronounced deceased.
Hartley said the investigation is still ongoing.
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