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A fatal car accident occurred Sunday evening at the corner of Laurel Avenue and San Miguel Street in Poinciana. GOOGLE MAPS
Four people, including three children, were killed Sunday evening in a traffic crash in Poinciana, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
Troopers say the deadly crash occurred just before 7 p.m. when a Chevrolet Impala driven by a 15-year-old Kissimmee male at a high rate of speed northbound on Laurel Avenue, the boundary of Villages 1 and 2, did not stop at a stop sign at San Miguel Street. According to the crash report, the Impala struck the driver's side of a Honda HR-V headed westbound on San Miguel. The impact sent the Honda onto the grass shoulder, where it collided with a light pole.
The Honda driver, a 50-year-old Poinciana woman, and one of three children in the car, a nine-year-old boy, were pronounced deceased on the scene. Two other children in the car, a one-year-old girl and and 11-year-old whose gender was not listed, were transported to HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital, where they later died. The front passenger, a 52-year-old Poinciana man, was transported to HCA Florida Osceola Hospital with serious injuries.
The teenage Impala driver was also transported to HCA Florida Osceola Hospital with serious injuries. Three other 15-year-old male passengers were transported to HCA Poinciana with non-life threatening injuries, the report said.
Florida law states a 15-year-old driver with a Learner's License must always be accompanied by a licensed driver 21 or older.
The crash, which caused a roadblock at Laurel and San Miguel for much of Sunday evening, remains under investigation.
