Crime & Safety
10-Year-Old Who Stole Family Car Caused I-275 Crash: FL Highway Patrol
The child, who took a car from a family member without permission, sideswiped a truck on I-275 Thursday evening, FL Highway Patrol said.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 10-year-old St. Petersburg child who took a car from a family member without permission Thursday evening and caused a crash on Interstate 275, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The child was driving north on I-275 in the left lane, approaching Interstate 375, just after 6 p.m. At the same time, a pick-up truck was traveling north in the center lane ahead of the car.
The car overtook and sideswiped the truck, causing the car to rotate and hit the bridge rail along the outside shoulder, FHP said. The truck came to a controlled stop
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The child suffered minor injuries in the crash. The truck’s driver, a 27-year-old Wimauma man, and his two adult passengers were uninjured.
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