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17-year-old boy killed, 18-year-old passenger seriously injured when their car hits tree off of I-10 in Jefferson County, Florida

Date:

Friday, October 22, 2021

Area:

Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville, GA

Ben Bartlett, Charles Bartlett, 11, Bailey Bartlett, 9, killed, and several injured in three-vehicle collision on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County, Florida

Date:

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Area:

Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville, GA

The collision happened Wednesday afternoon when a Ford pickup truck driven by Mickey Milam on I-10 hydroplaned on the wet road and went into the median. The truck crashed into a Honda SUV driven by Ben Bartlett and a Volkswagen sedan. Bartlett, his 11-year-old son, Charles, and 9-year-old daughter, Bailey, were killed. Ben's other daughter, 7-year-old Kaia, was transported to the hospital with serious injuries and his wife, Erin, sustained minor injuries. The family is from Cedar Falls, Iowa. Milam and his two passengers, Tyler Jackson and Bailey White, sustained minor injuries.