11-year-old girl hit by car near Orange County school, FHP says
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
A child was hit by a car and taken to a hospital on Wednesday, Orange County Fire Rescue said.
It happened near Bridgewater Middle School in Winter Garden.
Florida Highway Patrol’s traffic map shows the call came in after 3 p.m.
According to FHP, a 2020 Honda Accord was traveling southbound on Tiny Road, south of Bridgewater Crossing Boulevard, as an 11-year-old Winter Garden girl was walking southbound on the pedestrian sidewalk of northbound Tiny Road, south of Bridgewater Crossing Boulevard.
The girl tried to travel west across Tiny Road and failed to observe the Honda, troopers said in a statement, adding she was not in a marked crosswalk. As a result, the left side of the Honda collided with the girl, the statement reads.
The girl was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, according to FHP.
The Honda’s driver, a 53-year-old Winter Garden man, was not injured and remained at the scene, troopers said.
FHP is still investigating.
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