{"id":18798,"date":"2025-02-18T11:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/truck-driver-arrested-after-lane-change-sends-mom-and-toddler-into-florida-canal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T11:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:31:03","slug":"truck-driver-arrested-after-lane-change-sends-mom-and-toddler-into-florida-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/truck-driver-arrested-after-lane-change-sends-mom-and-toddler-into-florida-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver arrested after lane change sends mom and toddler into Florida canal"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Florida police arrested a truck driver following a hit-and-run crash that left a car partially submerged in a canal on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

The crash occurred at 9 a.m. on February 17 in Martin County, Florida.<\/p>\n

According to the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(MCSO), a semi truck driver changed lanes on Kanner Highway and struck a car occupied by a woman and her three-year-old child.<\/p>\n

The collision caused the car to leave the highway and crash into a nearby canal.<\/p>\n

The woman was able to escape from the car with her child and make it to the bank. Both were hospitalized with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe driver of the truck, 69-year-old Alton Winters of Florida, slowed down briefly but then drove off to a local produce company, claiming he had to make a delivery,\u201d said MCSO.<\/p>\n

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Alton Winters\/MCSO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winters was arrested by the Stuart Police Department and faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and improper lane change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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