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A girl in Florida died on the way in which house from her birthday dinner after she was hit by a automotive whereas making an attempt to assist a canine on the facet of the highway.
The Florida Freeway Patrol (FHP) reported {that a} 25-year-old Tampa girl was killed at round 10:30 p.m. native time on Thursday, March 13, after she received out of her automotive to assist a canine she noticed alongside the facet of the highway, per NBC affiliate WFLA, Fox affiliate KSTU and the Tampa Bay Occasions.
The incident occurred alongside Dale Mabry Freeway. Troopers instructed the shops that as the girl walked as much as the canine, a 69-year-old man driving a Toyota RAV4 hit each the girl and canine, killing them each. The lady was pronounced useless on the scene.
The identities of the girl killed within the incident and the motive force of the Toyota haven’t been made public. The FHP didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for additional data.
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The same incident happened in Florida two weeks prior when a highschool “tremendous scholar” was considered one of 4 individuals killed in a two-car accident in Orange County, Fla. on Saturday, March 1 as he was on his method house from a Ramadan service.
NBC affiliate WESH-TV and CBS affiliate WKMG-TV reported on the time that Sammy Lahik, a senior at Windermere Excessive Faculty, was a passenger in a 2024 Toyota Camry together with two others when it collided with a 2024 BMW M2 alongside Central Florida Parkway shortly earlier than 11:00 p.m. native time on March 1.
Each autos have been touring at a excessive fee of velocity when the drivers misplaced management, based on a Florida Freeway Patrol accident report obtained by PEOPLE on the time. The BMW tried to alter lanes and clipped the Toyota, which then hit a lightweight pole, ejecting Lahik. In the meantime, the BMW crashed into a number of timber alongside the roadway.
Lahik and a 24-year-old passenger within the BMW, Imalay Camacho Castaño, have been taken to a close-by hospital the place they later died, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
21-year-old Moad Machti, who was sitting within the entrance seat of the Toyota, and the BMW’s driver, Raul Gomez, 26, have been pronounced useless on the scene, the shops reported. The 20-year-old driver of the Toyota — whose identify has not been made public — was taken a hospital with critical accidents.
Lahik had just lately celebrated his acceptance to Duke College, based on the Sentinel. He was additionally named an Orange County Public Colleges “Tremendous Scholar” for his achievements in schooling.

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