FHP: Driver with 4-year-old passenger hits 2 cars, intentionally rams one

YULEE, Fla. – A 4-year-old miss suffered captious injuries Wednesday nighttime erstwhile the operator of the car she was riding successful deed aggregate vehicles and rammed 1 intentionally, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

FHP confirmed Thursday that Andy Aldair Reyes Ramos, 23, has been arrested and is facing aggregate charges, including DUI and kid neglect.

According to troopers, the metallic Hyundai Sonata that Ramos was driving collided with different car connected State Road 200 and Old Nassauville Road astir 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ramos fled that country and began driving westbound connected State Road 200, troopers said.

At the intersection of Santa Barbara Road and SR 200, the Sonata deed a Ford SUV, according to the FHP, but earlier leaving that scene, Ramos turned astir and intentionally rammed the SUV again. The 41-year-old pistillate operator of the SUV suffered insignificant injuries.

Ramos fled to Harry Green Road wherever the car broke down and Nassau County deputies caught up with him, FHP said.

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Inside the car, they recovered the 4-year-old miss not restrained and suffering captious injuries.

A witnesser described the commotion.

“We had conscionable travel retired connected the structure and we were lasting retired determination and we heard a large boom,” said neighbour Scott Alspaugh.

That roar was clang happening astatine State Road 200 and Santa Barbara Road

“We heard metallic dragging and helium drove by america and the rider broadside of the car was smashed successful and you could spot that the rider broadside airbags were each deployed,” Alspaugh said.

Alspaugh said Ramos didn’t marque it acold aft his car broke down and deputies rapidly arrived astatine the scene.

“They took him retired of handcuffs enactment him successful the car and the EMTs came and took the small miss disconnected to the hospital,” helium said.

Glass tin inactive beryllium seen scattered crossed Highway 200 connected Thursday night.

Ramos, who was wearing a spot belt, was not injured. He was arrested and charged with 2 counts of driving nether the power with superior bodily injury, 2 counts of deed and tally with superior bodily injury, 2 counts of kid neglect, 1 number of aggravated artillery and 1 number of reckless driving.

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