{"id":69649,"date":"2025-12-03T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/69649\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:45:09","slug":"driver-with-suspended-license-faces-charges-after-striking-12-year-old-in-stuart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/69649\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver with suspended license faces charges after striking 12-year-old in Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A driver who allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/child-airlifted-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-red-pickup-truck-in-stuart-florida-news-december-2-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">struck a 12-year-old<\/a> who was crossing a roadway in Stuart has now been accused of operating a motor vehicle while their license was suspended with knowledge and cited for failing to yield to the right of way at a crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p>The Stuart Police Department (SPD) said that on Tuesday, officers responded to a crash involving a pedestrian on Martin King Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 4:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s investigation found that a 12-year-old was crossing Bayou Ave. at the intersection with MLK Jr. Blvd. when a red Chevrolet pickup traveling east on MLK Blvd. struck the child.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/child-airlifted-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-red-pickup-truck-in-stuart-florida-news-december-2-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Child airlifted to hospital after being struck by red pickup truck in Stuart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officers and Stuart Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and rendered aid to the child before they were airlifted to St. Mary&#8217;s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the child did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day&#8217;s top headlines delivered right to your inbox.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBS12NewsWPEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can&#8217;t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A driver who allegedly struck a 12-year-old who was crossing a roadway in Stuart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-69649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69649","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=69649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}