ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Four children, including an infant, and an adult were seriously injured Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to troopers, a 29-year-old woman was driving a sport utility vehicle on southbound I-75 around 3 p.m. when a rear tire blew out, causing her to lose control of the vehicle. The SUV then overturned multiple times, and one passenger was thrown from the vehicle, troopers said.
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Troopers said the five SUV occupants, all of whom are from Lake City, were taken to a hospital.
According to FHP, the driver and the four passengers — an 11-year-old girl, a 5-year-old girl, a 4-year-old girl and a 7-month-old girl — all suffered serious injuries.
A news release from the Highway Patrol shows that the 7-month-old was not in a child restraint device and that it’s unknown whether the other three children were in child restraint devices or wearing seat belts.