May 4th Wildwood Drive and Winterhawk St Augustine

This was a sad accident-  Driven by it several times, but didn't photograph it until today...

Teen dies in bike crash

Woman was riding dirt bike on Wildwood Drive when struck

A grief-stricken father fell to his knees, his hands covering his face, as he learned his 18-year-old daughter died Thursday when she was struck by a car as she rode a dirt bike on Wildwood Drive near Winterhawk Drive.

Shae Lynn Burchfield was riding a Honda motorized bike around 3 p.m. when Frederick Andrews, 50, hit her in his 1994 red Ford Bronco, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The bike erupted into flames on the road.

Investigators had not determined if alcohol was a factor. It was also unclear if the victim was wearing a helmet.

A man and his daughter driving on Wildwood Drive, the first to drive by after the accident, tried to help Burchfield.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue medics performed CPR, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

As investigators examined the scene, a St. Johns County deputy tried to hold onto Burchfield's father and comfort him.

Burchfield's sister sat in the shade at the intersection of Wildwood Drive and Winterhawk Drive, less than a block from her home, sobbing, "She's gone; nothing matters anymore," while surrounded by her family.

Family members did their best to restrain her as she cried out and attempted to lunge through the police tape when deputies pronounced her older sister dead on the roadway.

The family did not stay for long. Neighbors gathered where the street had been closed off, teary-eyed and shocked that the young woman from down the street was now dead.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers and St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies closed Wildwood Drive for more than an hour on Thursday while they investigated the scene and cleared the roadway.