STUART, Fla. (WFLA) — A semi-truck driver is accused of sending a car with a mom and her 3-year-old right into a Florida canal after switching lanes on a freeway.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the hit-and-run crash occurred alongside Kanner Freeway in Stuart round 9 a.m.
The driving force of the semi, 69-year-old Alton Winters, struck the feminine driver as he switched lanes, forcing her off the freeway and right into a pond, officers mentioned.
Witnesses instructed authorities that the influence of the collision prompted the lady’s car to veer off the highway and into the water. Winters had briefly slowed down however drove off to an area produce firm saying he had a supply to make, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.
The driving force was capable of free herself and her 3-year-old from the car and make it to the financial institution. The 2 have been taken to a close-by hospital with minor accidents.
Winters was positioned and arrested by the Stuart Police Division on fees of leaving the scene of a crash with accidents and improper lane change.
