A 14-year-old girl riding her scooter to Timber Creek High School was hit by a car at an intersection known for its high number of crashes, renewing calls by residents for the county to make the intersection safer.
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Video captured by HOA cameras showed the girl riding her scooter into the middle of the Timber Creek Boulevard and Avalon Park Boulevard intersection Monday morning while a Mazda was trying to turn left.
As the girl moved in front of the Mazda, the driver, seeing a break in traffic and apparently unaware of the girl, hit the gas pedal.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the girl was unhurt and the driver remained on scene. The crash remains under investigation.
“We’ve had so many accidents occur,” Mrynal D’Arcangelo, HOA president for the adjacent neighborhood, said. “So many incidences with a lot of our high school children.”
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County staff said eight other crashes had been recorded at that intersection since November 2022, though residents said three alone happened in the last few weeks.