On May 5, 2008, at approximately 2:40 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) responded to a motor vehicle accident on 103 Street and Okeechobee Road. A tractor-trailer broadsided an SUV’s right side.
As the first unit arrived, paramedics noticed a female lying on the ground who was severely injured. Witnesses stated that the female was ejected from the SUV as it rolled down Okeechobee Road. Witnesses add that the same SUV that the patient was ran her over, leaving a tire tread mark on her shirt.
In spite of the patient’s injuries, she managed to stand and rush to her vehicle when she saw that her son too was injured and still in the child seat. Unfortunately, the young child sustained a great deal of the impact due to his position in the vehicle. T
he SUV’s driver, a 63 year-old female, who is the patient’s mother and child’s grandmother, also sustained serious injuries. Due to the seriousness of the injuries, all of the SUV’s occupants were transported by Air Rescue to a trauma center. The driver of the tractor-trailer sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
Florida Highway Patrol and Hialeah Gardens Police are investigating the cause of the crash.