Highway Patrol: SUV backs over, kills child
Posted February 10, 2017 6:00 am
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an Illinois boy is dead after his father accidentally backed over him with an SUV in central Florida.
Treasure Coast Newspapers (https://goo.gl/0zmIGB ) reports that the Hampshire, Illinois, family had been at CW Willis Family Farms in Vero Beach Friday morning.
The Florida Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Anthony Surma was backing up in the SUV and didn't see 3-year-old Enzo Surma. The boy was airlifted to a Fort Pierce hospital, where he was pronounced dead Friday afternoon.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Information from: The Stuart (Fla.) News, http://www.tcpalm.com
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