A driver was given a traffic citation in a Seminole County crash on Tuesday which left a 15-year-old boy in the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. as the boy crossed a street on a scooter near Lake Park Drive and Green Way Boulevard, where he was struck by a white sedan, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The boy suffered numerous scrapes and abrasions and was taken to Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital, the statement reads.
Detectives described the sedan’s driver as a 77-year-old man, adding he was cited with failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
The teen suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Source: clickorlando
