Child Accident

A collision involving a school bus left at least one person injured on Wednesday afternoon. WCTV.tv reports that the crash occurred in the westbound lanes of US-90 at State Road 12 of Gadsden County when an SUV and the bus collided. The force of the impact caused the SUV to roll, injuring its sole occupant.…

LAUDERHILL, FL – A serious crash in Lauderhill Friday afternoon sent four people to the hospital, reports WPLG. First responders were at the scene in the area of Northwest 34th Avenue and West Sunrise Boulevard, where three vehicles were involved in a collision. Two adults and two children were transported to Broward Health Medical Center,…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A head-on crash in northwest Miami-Dade County Thursday night left two people dead and six others injured, according to WPLG. The accident happened in the area of Northwest 10th Avenue and Northwest 79th Street shortly before midnight. Witnesses said the driver of an Infiniti was going east on NW 79th Street,…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a 5-year-old boy in Homestead on Saturday night. According to WPLG, the child was hit on Redland Road near Lucy Street shortly after 8:30 p.m.  He was transported to Kendall Regional Medical Center, where he was declared dead. Homestead Police said the…

A child has died following a hit-and-run crash in Homestead. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred on Saturday and the vicinity of the 600 block of Southwest 14th Avenue when a car struck the five-year-old child and then fled the scene. #Breaking: Police say 5-year-old child killed in #Homestead hit-and-run @CBSMiami @BrookeShaferTV pic.twitter.com/JFGABK24mg — CBS4 Assignment Desk…

Abuse of the elderly is back in the spotlight after a South Florida man was arrested and charged with abusing a vulnerable patient under his care late last week. Local10.com reports that 56-year-old Alfredo Gutierrez was arrested Friday at his place of employment, OpusCare on Southwest 80th Street. Authorities are charging Gutierrez with lewd and…

A toddler has died after falling into a pool on Monday. Local10.com reports that the 4-year-old girl and her family were was visiting someone in the Chapel Trail Community in Pembroke Pines on Monday when she went missing from her family’s supervision. The girl’s family later found her unresponsive in the home’s swimming pool. After…

MIAMI, FL – State troopers and emergency units were at the scene of a crash in Miami Monday night that left four people injured, three critically. According to WSVN, the accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near State Road 112 sometime before 9:15 p.m. Miami Fire Rescue crews rushed three adults to the…

Several people were hospitalized following a crash involving a school bus on Friday. News4Jax.com reports that a total of 7 people were hospitalized, including 5 children and 2 adults, following a crash Friday morning. The crash involved a school bus and another vehicle and occurred at Pearl and Bay street. Authorities believe that the two vehicles collided…

MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A two-car accident in Miami Gardens on Friday left three children hospitalized, according to a report by NBC Miami. A minivan and a sedan were involved in the crash in the area of NW 207th Street and NW 37th Avenue. The children were airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Police said four vehicles were involved in a fatal collision in Homestead on Saturday night, reports WSVN. Authorities responded to the scene in the area of Southwest 147th Avenue and Campbell Drive near Homestead Hospital. Investigators said an SUV and a sedan were among the vehicles involved in the crash, which happened at about…

A U.S. Appeals court told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday that it must either ban a pesticide, which has been linked to child brain damage, or declare that the pesticide is safe. Local10.com reports that the pesticide, chlorpyrifos, has been in wide use for nearly a decade and a half. During that time activists…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Five people were hospitalized after a a car and a stolen SUV collided in northwest Miami-Dade County on Saturday, police said. According to WPLG, a Subaru SUV that was reported as stolen crashed into a BMW in the area of Northwest 66th Street and 22nd Avenue at about 2 p.m.  Investigators…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Authorities said an accident at a Homestead apartment complex Sunday night left a 3-year-old child dead. WPLG reported the child was struck by a car at the Monterey Pointe gated community in the 1400 block of East Mowry Drive at about 9:30 p.m.  Police said the crash happened when the child wandered away from…

BOCA RATON, FL – A man was killed in a crash between a car and a golf cart in Palm Beach County last week, reports WPTV. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 67-year-old Frisler Moise was driving the golf cart on Yamato Road west of Boca Raton when the incident occurred Wednesday shortly before 3 p.m.…

A Miami crash involving a stolen vehicle left at least five people seriously injured Saturday, including three children. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred Saturday afternoon near Northwest 66th Street and 22nd Avenue. Police say that a stolen Subaru was traveling eastbound on 66th Street when it slammed into a BMW that was being driven by…

HIALEAH, FL – An SUV was struck by a train in Hialeah Monday evening, leaving two people hospitalized. According to WPLG, two adults and two children were in the vehicle when it was hit in the area of Northwest 38th Avenue and 36th Street near Miami International Airport at about 6 p.m. The two adults, a…

A train collided with an SUV in Miami-Dade on Monday evening, severely injuring two people in the vehicle. Local10.com reports that four people, including two children, were in the SUV when it was involved in the collision with the train near Miami International Airport. The vehicle appeared to have been crossing the train tracks near…

An ATV crash left 4 minors seriously injured Thursday. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred in a rural section of Miami-Dade, near Southwest 368th Street and 212th Avenue. The crash left at least one of the children with injuries serious enough to require emergency hospitalization. Miami-Dade first responders medically evacuated the youth to Kendall Regional…

An Orange County school bus collided with a car at about 8:00 am Tuesday morning, injuring at least seven students.  WFTV.com reports that the crash occurred because the street was too narrow for both the bus and the car to pass. The bus was carrying 54 elementary school students at the time of the collision,…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Authorities are investigating a crash in Southwest Miami-Dade last week that left two adults and three children hospitalized. WSVN reports the accident involving multiple vehicles occurred Thursday afternoon in the area of Southwest 87th Avenue and Southwest 48th Street. Miami-Dade Police and rescue crews were on the scene and had to extricate several…