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Charges Pending After Orlando Crash Injures 10, Including 9 Children

Troopers say a speeding Alfa Romeo rear-ended a Nissan on Raleigh Street, forcing it into a tree.

Overview

  • Florida Highway Patrol said a 29-year-old Kissimmee man driving the Alfa Romeo remained at the scene uninjured as the investigation continues.
  • Orlando Health reported four children were discharged, while five children and a 58-year-old woman remain hospitalized in stable condition.
  • The crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. Thursday near Campanella Avenue, sending the Nissan off the roadway and into a tree.
  • Orlando Fire Department crews extricated the trapped adult and transported her to Orlando Regional Medical Center; nine pediatric patients went to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
  • Witnesses and neighbors pulled children from the wreckage and renewed calls for traffic-calming on Raleigh Street.