Seven children and two adults were injured in a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer on U.S. 27.
One child was killed and six other children and two adults were injured in a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer in South Florida Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on U.S. 27 northbound near the 47.7 mile marker, near the Broward/Palm Beach County line, Broward Sheriff's Office officials said.
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All nine patients were taken to local hospitals, with three of the children in critical condition, officials said. One of the children, an 11-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Officials did not release his name.
Six of the children were under the age of 16 - including children ages 3, 5, 7, and 14 - and the two adults are both 31, officials said.
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The 33-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer wasn't hospitalized.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the two adults and seven children were in a sedan when the car was involved in a collision with the tractor-trailer.
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the FHP.
No other information was immediately known.
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