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Saturday, February 28, 2015Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA toddler died and an infant injured when a woman allegedly driving drunk with twelve people in an SUV crashed on I-75 in Manatee County on Saturday. Shameka L. Jones, 24, was the driver of a Ford Expedition on I-75 at 5 p.m. when she swerved onto the shoulder. The SUV rolled multiple times and crashed into trees. Three adults and nine children were in the vehicle, and none of the children were in car seats. Isaac Solomon, 2, was pronounced deceased at South Bay Hospital, and Issah Solomon, 6 months old, was transported to All Children's Hospital with serious injuries.
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Sunday, May 18, 2014Three children -- ages 2, 5 and 7 -- were critically injured late Sunday in a four-vehicle crash in Marion County involving a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, officials said.
The children were airlifted to UF Health Shands after the crash, which occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Interstate 75 at mile marker 345 near Ocala.
According to the FHP, 20-year-old Trooper Raul J. Umana was traveling northbound in a marked cruiser and attempted to make a U-turn in the median of the highway. His cruiser, however, struck a guardrail and was redirected into southbound lanes of I-75, the FHP said.