Correction: Victim in Palmetto crash was 15

A 15-year-old boy was killed Thursday morning after trying to walk across U.S. 41, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Around 6:28 a.m., a man on his way to work was driving southbound on U.S. 41 in the right lane in a silver Lexus. The light was green at the intersection of 23rd Street East. FHP Lt. Juan Cuevas said the driver all of a sudden saw a pedestrian, identified as Myquarios Kelly, walking westbound across U.S. 41, in the middle of his lane.

Significant damage could be seen on the front end of the Lexus.

Kelly was a sophomore at Palmetto High School, said school district spokesman Mike Barber.

Grief counselors were at the school Thursday morning, according to Barber.

Earlier, FHP had incorrectly said the victim was a 9-year-old boy.

Next to the student’s body, which was covered in a pink sheet in the middle of U.S. 41 as FHP continued its investigation, lay a black backpack. His black shoes were about 150 feet from where he ended up.

As of just before 10:30 a.m., U.S. 41 was reopened to traffic.

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This story was originally published March 16, 2017 at 7:09 AM with the headline "Correction: Victim in Palmetto crash was 15."