PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Four people were injured, including two children taken by TraumaHawk, after a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car late Friday in the Belle Glade area, Palm Beach County Rescue and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.
At 11:08 p.m., PBCFR Units were dispatched to State 80 (Southern Avenue) approximately 4.5 miles west of Connors Highway, south of the JW Corbett Wildlife Management area.
A 1997 Freightliner, driven by a 62-year-old Belle Glade woman, was turning eastbound onto State Road 80 as a 2021 Toyota Corolla driven by a 41-year-old Lehigh Acres woman also was going eastbound, according to a PBSO crash report.
A truck driver said she saw the Corolla approaching from a distance as her vehicle turned into the path of the car. The Corolla's front passenger corner hit the truck on rear drivers fifth axle.
Two children in the Corolla, a 14-year-old girl and a 10-year old boy, were taken by TraumaHawk to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach in serious condition. The children's family member, the driver, was taken by ground to the hospital with minor injuries.
The truck driver was uninjured.