DUI Charges Filed in Cape Coral Hit and Run Pedestrian Accident that Injured Schoolboy
A boy walking home from school in Cape Coral, Florida was injured in a hit and run accident by a driver picking up his own child from Challenger Middle School.
According to news reports, the driver was traveling east on Trafalgar Parkway after 4 p.m. when his truck veered off the road, striking a boy walking home from school. The driver reportedly went home and then returned to the Cape Coral accident site to see if he'd hit a mailbox.
The child was treated at Cape Coral Hospital for injuries that occurred when the truck's passenger-side mirror struck him in the head. The driver was arrested and charged with DUI (driving under the influence) in a hit/run crash involving injury.
Children walking to and from school are vulnerable to pedestrian accidents, as are children getting on and off the schoolbus. The mother of the injured child in this case told the media that there were no sidewalks on the street where the Cape Coral - Ft Myers area traffic accident occurred.
A Fort Myers, Florida pedestrian accident attorney may be consulted by families seeking advice in traffic accident cases where negligence or recklessness may have led to injury or death.
DUI charges in after-school hit and run
ABC-7.com Aug. 25, 2010
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