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Florida Highway Patrol troopers today made an arrest in a fatal hit and run crash that occurred Sunday morning along Orange Blossom Trail in Kissimmee.
Giselle Marie Saez Castellano, 27, 1902 Lighthouse Way, No. 104, Kissimmee, has been charged with felony leaving the scene of a crash involving death and was taken to Osceola County Jail, FHP spokesperson Sgt. Kim Montes said.
A vehicular collision on I-4 left one girl dead on Sunday.
At 5 p.m. Sunday, a four-door Nissan merged into a Jeep on I-4 westbound in Volusia County. The Jeep overturned on the highway as a result of the impact.
Brandie Howard, 17, was in the passenger seat of the Jeep and suffered fatal injuries as a result of the crash, according to police. The driver, 19-year-old Kaley Terry, sustained minor injuries and was transported to Halifax Medical Center.
A 15-year-old girl died a day after she crashed while racing at Bubba Raceway Park near Ocala, deputies said.
Niokoa Johnson was injured Saturday evening while driving a race-ready Nissan Sentra. She died Sunday after being flown to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
Marion County sheriff's deputies said Niokoa was severely injured while conducting a time trial. Deputies said she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a concrete barrier toward the north end during her second lap.
A 14-year-old student was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in Orange County on Wednesday morning.
Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle hit the girl at Waterford Chase Parkway and Oak Chase Drive in Orlando just before 7 a.m. while she was crossing the street to get to her bus stop.
A teacher saw the scene and recognized the student, stopped, and called the girl's father, who was able to come to the scene.
Orange County Fire Rescue said the teen was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital and is in stable condition.
A male pedestrian was hit by a train Wednesday afternoon in Kissimmee, according to police.
Kissimmee police and fire crews responded to the crash at 3 p.m.that occurred near Smith and Vine streets.
Police said the male pedestrian, who is in his late teens to early 20s, was wearing headphones at the time of the crash.
The victim was airlifted to a local hospital, police said. It's not clear what the pedestrian's condition is.
A driver was killed on Monday night in Seminole County after troopers say he drove off the road and struck a tree.
Dustin Kahlmaher, 26, of Satellite Beach, was killed in the crash in Winter Springs late Monday night.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, Kahlmaher was driving his Dodge Stealth northbound on Dodd Road just after 10 p.m. when he drove off the roadway and struck a tree.
The crash remains under investigation and it's not clear if alcohol was a factor.