Several fire rescue agencies responded to a multi-vehicle crash that left nine juveniles injured on Thursday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
“It’s heartbreaking, and I pray that the family is OK. I stayed all the way until they took the babies cause the one baby I had, the one baby to try to keep her alive, keep her awake, I mean, that’s tragic, it’s sad,” one neighbor said.
The two-vehicle crash occurred at Raleigh Street and Ivy Lane in the Richmond Heights neighborhood of Orange County, involving a Nissan Altima and an Alfa Romeo.
Neighbors who didn’t want to be on camera tell WESH 2 they heard screeching and then saw that the red Alpha Romeo hit the Nissan Altima from behind.
FHP says the Nissan ran off the road and then slammed into a tree.
The crash happened eastbound on Raleigh Street and east of Campanella Avenue, in Orange County, right in front of another neighbor’s house.
The neighbor said she had just pulled out before the crash happened.
“So it was about eight kids, nine kids in a car. Someone passed away. An adult was there as well, yes adult she was in the car, they had to pry the car open and pull her out, cause we live right there in the house where it happened,” the neighbor said.
According to FHP, the children were transported to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children with severe injuries.
On Friday, Orlando Health announced that four children have been discharged, while five additional children and one adult remain in the hospital.
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Source: wesh
