Child Accident
News: Police investigating deadly vehicle crash in SW Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – One person died and three others were hospitalized after their minivan crashed in Southwest Miami-Dade Sunday. WPLG reports the vehicle went over a canal in the Princeton area before landing on its side on Southwest 238th Street near the Florida Turnpike at about 5 p.m. Surveillance video captured the vehicle, driven by a 45-year-old…
Read MoreNews: 5 hurt, including 4 children, in NW Miami-Dade accident
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Five people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Northwest Miami-Dade on Monday, WSVN reports. The accident happened in the area of Northwest 19th Avenue and 135th Street in Opa-Locka. Police and emergency crews were on the scene assisting the injured, which included one woman and four children, ages 5 to…
Read MoreNews: 5 hospitalized after car hits palm tree in Southwest Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Police in Miami-Dade County responded to a car crash that left five people injured Saturday morning. According to WPLG, the incident occurred in the area of SW 128th Street and 137th Avenue. A four-door Infiniti with an adult man and four juveniles inside slammed into a palm tree. All five people…
Read MoreTwo Adults And Three Children Injured in A School Bus Crash
Five people, including two adults and three children, were injured in a crash involving a school bus earlier this month. WTXL.com reports that the crash occurred as a school bus was picking up students as it traveled southbound on C.R. 149. After seeing a student who she had not picked up in a while, the…
Read MorePlantation Officer Dies In Wreck Just A Week And A Half After Retiring
A Davie police officer has died in a vehicle crash, just 10 days after retiring. Local10.com reports that 50-year-old Dexter “Batman” Riley had been working on the force for 27 years. He had retired on December 1 and then died in a motorcycle crash on December 11. In a statement on the department’s website, it…
Read MoreOrlando First Responders Rescue Family from Overturned Car In A Body of Water
Orlando police and firefighters are being hailed as heroes after they rescued a family of four from a vehicle that was turned upside down in a body of water on Thursday. KIRO7.com reports that the vehicle went into the water at about 7:30 p.m on Thursday night. Though there were no details as to what…
Read MoreMan Arrested Months After Girl’s River Raft Death in Hillsborough County
Florida officials arrested a man Tuesday, months after he struck and killed a girl riding on a river raft in Hillsborough County. WFLA.com reports that at approximately 7:00 p.m. on May 17, 40-year-old Andrew Miltner crashed a boat into a raft carrying two children on the Alafia River. The crash resulted in one of the…
Read MoreGoFundMe Established For Family of Children Killed in Mini-Golf Crash
It is almost comprehensible: one minute a family is playing mini-golf with their children and the next minute a driver slams into the mini-golf course, killing the children. This unlikely tragic scenario played out late last week when Addie and Baylor Kirchgessner were killed in a crash at a Panama City Beach mini-golf attraction while…
Read MoreTruck Crashes into Mini-Golf Course Killing Two Children
Two children were killed last week when a truck crashed into the mini-golf course on which they were playing. NBCNews.com reports that the tragedy occurred on Friday in Panama City Beach, Florida when the driver of a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, Scott Donaldson, allegedly crashed the truck into Coconut Creek Golf and Maze. The crash killed…
Read MoreChild hospitalized after being hit by car near Vero Beach
VERO BEACH, FL – State troopers were on the scene in Indian River County Friday afternoon after a child was struck by a car, WPTV reports. The child, whose age was not released, was hit in the 500 block of 39th Street near Vero Beach shortly after 12 noon. The victim was flown by paramedics…
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