17th
August
2007
7 kids alone in car killed when truck hits it
posted in Car Truck |
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. — Seven adopted children from a single household were killed Wednesday when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in northern Florida.
The children, ranging from 15 years to 21 months, were alone in the car. The truck hit them from behind, pushing their car into the bus and causing the car to burst into flames, police said.
“It’s a very chaotic scene,” said Lt. Mike Burroughs of the Florida Highway Patrol. “It’s just a mangled, charred mess.”
Everyone in the car was killed, including the 15-year-old girl who was driving illegally. It was unclear why the children were unaccompanied.