Police are investigating after a crash involving four vehicles on Saturday night in the city's Somerton neighborhood killed a woman and injured a child who were on the sidewalk at the time of the incident.
According to police, Kelly Ann Carter Herman, 32, of Ocala, Florida, was killed after a crash at about 8:07 p.m. on Saturday night, at the intersection of Bustleton Avenue and Rennard Street.
The incident happened, officials said, after a Mercedes Benz, driven by a 21-year-old man, was traveling south on Bustleton Avenue at a high rate of speed and collided with a Hyundai, driven by a 43-year-old man, when the driver of the Mercedes Benz disregarded a red light at that intersection.
The impact of this collision, investigators said, caused the Hyundai to slam into another vehicle, also a Mercedes-Benz, driven by a 40-year-old man, and a Nissan, that was driven by a 57-year-old woman.
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The Hyundai then continued onto the sidewalk, due to the collision, where the vehicle crashed into Carter Herman and a child who were on the sidewalk.
First responders, officials said, pronounced Carter Herman at the scene and the child was transported to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition.
Officials said the driver believed to be responsible for the crash, the 21-year-old man who allegedly ran a light at that intersection, sustained only minor injuries.
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The driver of the Hyundai is listed in critical, but stable condition, and, officials said, other drivers involved in this incident only suffered minor injuries.
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