Three girls killed, toddler ejected- near Orlando

[CuriosityKilledMe]

Three girls were killed and a toddler was ejected several hundred yards Monday night when a tire malfunction sent a seven-passenger SUV carrying 11 people skidding off busy Interstate 95 near Orlando, Florida, authorities said.

The toddler, a boy, was found by rescue crews who heard him crying in his car seat in the back yard of a vacant home on the other side of a sound barrier along the highway, Florida state Trooper Steven Montiero said.

The young boy, the driver and the six other people in the SUV suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Montiero told NBC station WESH of Orlando.

None of the victims' identities were made public Monday night. Authorities said they didn't yet know why 11 people were crammed into a vehicle designed to carry only seven.

Medical helicopters and emergency crews from numerous local and state agencies raced to the scene about 6:30 p.m. ET at mile marker 220 on northbound I-95 north of Titusville, about 40 miles east of Orlando.

All northbound lanes of I-95 were closed for nearly four hours, the Highway Patrol said.

No other confirmed details were immediately available.

[Boston Babe 73]

He wasn't belted in?

Not to say that that didn't actually save him in that .0001% likelihood.

[whackjob]

with people in the car, i'm going to guess that the youngest were put on laps or in the cargo area of the suv.

does anyone else remember "doubling up" as kids. 2 kids sharing a seatbelt?

[Jezebelle]

with people in the car, i'm going to guess that the youngest were put on laps or in the cargo area of the suv.

does anyone else remember "doubling up" as kids. 2 kids sharing a seatbelt?

Hell- I remember sleeping way in the back of the car up by the rear window.

[bermstalker]

Hell- I remember sleeping way in the back of the car up by the rear window.

I remember holding my daughter when we were driving around. I don't remember ever using a car seat except to bring the baby home. And even that was an old looking, rickety car seat.
Some similar to this.

[beli]

So sad.

[Jezebelle]

I remember holding my daughter when we were driving around. I don't remember ever using a car seat except to bring the baby home. And even that was an old looking, rickety car seat.
Some similar to this.

Yep!
Times have changed. For the better, safety-wise. But in this case, Whack is probably right- some of them must've been doubled up. What on earth do people who have more kids than safety belts do when it's time to take a road trip? My aunt & uncle had ten kids. They would all pile up in the family station wagon, and I don't think any of them buckled up. Strict seat belt laws save lots of lives nowadays, but what do larger families do? Does anyone even make station wagons anymore?

[SuchAClassicGirl]

He wasn't belted in?

Not to say that that didn't actually save him in that .0001% likelihood.

Said they heard him crying and found him belted in his car seat in a neighboring yard

[beli]

holy hell

[Boston Babe 73]

Said they heard him crying and found him belted in his car seat in a neighboring yard

I mean the car seat belted in to the car