WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A trip to a Winter Haven gas station took a terrifying turn this week when a Lyft driver accidentally pulled away from a Racetrac gas station with a small child still buckled inside the vehicle.
The incident unfolded at the Racetrac location on Havendale Boulevard after a mother and her young child arrived via the rideshare service. According to initial reports, the mother exited the car and walked toward the rear of the vehicle.
It appears the driver, seemingly unaware that the mother was circling the car to retrieve her baby from the seat behind the driver’s side, began to slowly drive away from the premises…