A mother of four died on Friday morning after a multi-vehicle crash near Busch Gardens.
Jessica Wiggins said her daughter, 26-year-old Paige Howard , dropped two of her children off at daycare.
She was driving on E. Bougainvillea Avenue and making a left-hand turn. Police said a driver in a Dodge Ram was traveling southbound on McKinley Drive and hit Howard, who was driving a Kia Sorento.
The driver and passenger in the Dodge Ram were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Wiggins said she got a knock at the door from a police detective.
“They asked me to come out and have a seat, and they told me there was a fatal car accident, and my daughter was killed,” she said.
“I was in shock. I didn’t believe it was my daughter.”
Wiggins said her daughter leaves behind four children. Her youngest child is three years old.
“My seven-year-old granddaughter, when I had to break the news to her, she just hugged me and kept crying. I can’t live without my mom,” said Wiggins.