Police in Coral Springs are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that sent a father and daughter to the hospital. NBC6’s Lena Salzbank reports
Police in Coral Springs are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that sent a father and daughter to the hospital.
It occurred on Nov. 2 along West Sample Road and Coral Springs Drive. The victims sustained multiple injuries.
David Kuritz says he was driving with his daughter in the backseat when a grey or light-colored pick-up truck got into a road rage incident with another car nearby.
“I heard a car honking, I saw a blur, I felt the impact and in an instance, I saw my car go right towards the intersection,” Kuritz said.
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He says the driver of the pickup truck eventually struck his car, leading him to crash into a nearby tree.
“As soon as it hit the tree, the airbags deployed, and I could hear my daughter in pain behind me," Kuritz said.
He said when he got out of the car, a bystander was already helping his daughter in the backseat, making sure that she didn’t move her head or neck.
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“I had two broken ribs, three broken bones in my back and a lung bruise, and my daughter had a hangman’s fracture, two broken bones in her neck, a broken rib and sternum,” Kuritz said.
Police say they are actively working on the investigation. If anyone has any surveillance video of the incident or the area between 8:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. that Saturday night, they should contact Officer Jason Whisnant of the CSPD Traffic Enforcement Unit at 954-346-1754 or email jwhisnant@coralsprings.gov.
The Kuritz family is home from the hospital. They want to thank the good Samaritan who helped their daughter as they work to recover both mentally, physically and financially.
