Miami-Dade County

Child hospitalized after car barrels into Miami-Dade home, fire rescue says

After a car drove into a Miami-Dade County home, a child and the driver were sent to the hospital. The driver was initially trapped inside the car.
After a car drove into a Miami-Dade County home, a child and the driver were sent to the hospital. The driver was initially trapped inside the car. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

A car barreled into a a Miami-Dade home after a crash, trapping the driver Friday afternoon. A child inside the home was sent to the hospital, authorities said.

Around 4 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue was called to a car colliding into a home after an accident near Southwest 168 Terrace and 115 Avenue. When rescuers arrived, a person was trapped inside the car.

After a car drove into a Miami-Dade County home, a child and the driver were sent to the hospital. The driver was initially trapped inside the car.
After a car drove into a Miami-Dade County home, a child and the driver were sent to the hospital. The driver was initially trapped inside the car. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

After extracting the person, fire rescue said it believes a private ambulance took the person to the hospital.

A “pediatric patient” was injured inside the home and taken to a hospital, as well, fire rescue said.

The circumstances of the crash are not yet known.

This is a developing story.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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