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‘He was our everything’: Family of man killed in Mixon Town industrial accident launches GoFundMe

Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
‘He was our everything’: Family of man killed in Mixon Town industrial accident launches GoFundMe — News4JAX Local, Nocatee Business news
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A beloved husband, father, and longtime car hauler was killed in a tragic industrial accident at a Mixon Town repair shop, leaving his grieving family seeking community support as they face life without him.Jason Ferrera was a man known for his willingness to help anyone, a GoFundMe said.Ferrera was killed on June 9 after he became trapped between a semi-cab truck and a power lift system at the Absolute Truck Repair building on 10 Stockton Street.Jacksonville police said Ferrera was working on a semi-cab truck, which was being placed onto a power lift system. At some point, the semi-cab truck shifted, causing it to fall and trap the man between the lift system and the semi-cab.Though his wife, Staci Ferrera, and her children were not ready to speak, she issued the following statement about her late husband: “He was our everything, our whole world. Jason lived his life to the fullest every day, viewing each person he met as a friend from that moment on. He was willing to go to the ends

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