AFTER a U.S. woman was fatally hit by a semi truck Friday, her pet dog remained at the scene, laying in the spot where its owner’s life was taken.

    Kelly Black, 42, was found dead in the street near a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, at approximately 6:15 a.m. The truck that hit her has still not been found.

    Black was walking her dog Paco when she was struck, and the pet remained in the road for hours after his owner’s body had been removed.

    A semi truck driver apparently hit Black in the parking lot of a Kangaroo gas station and dragged her 30 feet (9.1 meters) into the road, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office told Action News Jax.

    Police suspect that the driver may have not known he or she had struck the victim. The driver’s identity is unknown and there were no witnesses.

    Paco, who was left uninjured, stayed in the street until Black’s family arrived, according to FOX News.

    Relatives said Paco and Black were inseparable. The dog is now in the custody of Black’s family members.

    “I don’t see how someone could hit her here and drag her all the way out to Beaver St. and not have known it,” Black’s father, GC Bostick, told Action News Jax. “I just don’t know how I’m going to tell her mama.”

    (SD-Agencies)