One child dead, 14 hurt as cops seek driver in hit-and-run day-care crash

[Bosonic]

Last edited Thu Apr 10, 2014, 05:24 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Joel Rosado sprinted to the scene as soon as he heard the screeches and saw a black Toyota Solara plow into the Goldenrod Road KinderCare, where a 4-year-old girl lay dying and 14 others were injured.

"We could see the teachers were, like, panicking," Rosado said. One was performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a child, and other children were bleeding — "laid out, not moving."

As the horror unfolded, panicked parents scrambled to the scene and authorities started an immediate manhunt for 28-year-old Robert Corchado, who they suspect was driving the Dodge Durango that rammed the Toyota toward the building.

He didn't stop to see the carnage and chaos left behind Wednesday afternoon. It all started about 3 p.m.

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-crash-child-care-orlando-20140409,0,7920644.story

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update:

#breaking FHP troopers find Silver Dodge Durango in Winter Park. Vehicle believed to be involved in Goldenrod Kindercare crash w/injuries

https://twitter.com/OrangeCoSheriff/status/454010338581966848

[JI7]

1. "hit and run" ? does that mean the driver got a way ?

[Skittles]

3. as of now

Troopers asked people in the area to be on the lookout the vehicle, which is believed to be damaged and missing its front bumper.

Anyone with information is asked to call 407-737-2300.


I have no doubts anyone would shield this driver - their actions are dreadful

[Kelvin Mace]

4. He was drunk

and now that he in on therun, he will have either time to sober up, or if caught before that can happen, will claim he drank AFTER the accident.

[valerief]

2. Thank god they had guns! Guns protect against everything.

[Omaha Steve]

5. 1 child dead, 14 hurt in Florida day care crash

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140410/DAD2U9383.html

By SUZETTE LABOY and MIKE SCHNEIDER

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) - A car smashed into an Orlando-area day care Wednesday, killing a girl and injuring 14 others, at least a dozen of them children, authorities said.

Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Wanda Diaz said a girl died at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, but she didn't have any more information on her.

One person at the hospital was in critical condition and five others were in serious condition, said spokeswoman Katie Dagenais.

In all, 13 people were hospitalized and two others were treated at the scene, said John Mulhall, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Rescue.


A Florida state trooper, center, escorts a group of parents to a day care center to pick up their children after a vehicle crashed into the center, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Winter Park, Fla. At least 15 people were injured, including children. (AP Photo/John Raoux)


FULL story at link.

[sakabatou]

6. That poor girl