On January 30th, 2024. Officers responded to the scene a brutal accident in which a woman driving without a license hit an 11-year-old girl, dragging the child underneath her SUV and badly injuring her. The woman who does not speak English, told police she made a left turn on a green light, an 11-year-old girl "ran out into the road," not in the crosswalk, she said "she tried to brake," but couldn't stop in time and struck the girl. Officers asked if she had a driver's license, she said she didn't have a U.S. or Florida license, but had an international license issued by Mexico that "may be expired." The child was taken to the hospital with a spleen laceration, right femur fracture, left rib fracture, life hip fracture, and multiple abrasions, police said. She had surgery on her right leg and was eventually released from the hospital a week later, but was still using a walker and "was still in pain" more than two months after the crash, the arrest report said. The child stated "she was waiting on the sidewalk and waited for the walk sign to illuminate. Once she had the right of way she stated she walked across the street and was not in the crosswalk". The woman was arrested 6-months later on a charge of driving without a license causing serious bodily injury. A defense attorney said it took so long to arrest her because she was in the hospital with liver cancer.

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