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Two children and a woman die in four-vehicle Florida crash
Two children, Justice Larson, 11, and Kailee Thompson, 10, and a 53-year-old woman were killed in a four-vehicle crash in Sumter County, Florida, on Saturday evening. They were travelling home from a youth football game, making the deaths especially painful for their families and teammates, who had celebrated a win shortly beforehand.
Florida Highway Patrol said a Ford F-150 failed to slow as it approached an intersection at about 7.45pm and struck the Jeep carrying the victims, pushing it into a waiting Nissan. The Jeep overturned into southbound lanes, where a second Jeep hit it; the children died at the scene and the woman later died in hospital. The other drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A teammate’s mother said the team was seeking support for the bereaved family and young players.
In short
- Two children and a woman died in a Florida crash.
- The victims were returning from a youth football game.
- Three other drivers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Explained simply
Sumter County is in central Florida, where local roads connect towns and rural communities. Florida Highway Patrol investigates serious road crashes in the state and gives accounts of how vehicles were involved.
The people who died were travelling in a Jeep after a youth football game. The crash involved four vehicles, and other drivers were injured; the children’s team and their families are among those affected by the deaths.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Two children, 10 and 11, and woman are killed in horror car crash just moments after boy’s football game win”.