{"id":247713,"date":"2026-04-26T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247713\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:44:13","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-dui-after-jeep-hits-toddler-in-crowded-beach-parking-lot-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247713\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of DUI after Jeep hits toddler in crowded beach parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 3-year-old running across a street near a Florida beach was hit by a Jeep on Saturday, sparking a DUI arrest after witnesses reported drinking.<\/p>\n

Deputies with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office<\/a> say they responded to a Daytona Beach beachside parking lot off University Boulevard at 4:14 p.m. Saturday for reports of a toddler struck by a Jeep.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told responding deputies that a 3-year-old was running across traffic lanes from the ocean when he darted in front of the Jeep and was struck at a low speed.<\/p>\n

The toddler was reportedly transported to Halifax Health Medical Center<\/a> as a trauma alert, due to his age, and was discharged shortly after with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

See also: 1,000 lb tank leaking argon gas prompts hazmat response at Palm City warehouse<\/a><\/p>\n

The driver, 36-year-old Brock Winkler of Lakeland, remained at the scene. However, there were questions surrounding his sobriety.<\/p>\n

Multiple witnesses alleged that Winkler had been drinking before the crash, and provided a photo of scattered empty beer cans left behind where the car was parked.<\/p>\n

A DUI investigation was initiated, and a field sobriety test was administered, leading to deputies finding probable cause to book Winkler for DUI with serious bodily injury and refusal to submit to DUI testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 3-year-old running across a street near a Florida beach was hit by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-247713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}