3 year old killed playing in yard by hit and run driver

Car strikes, kills toddler playing in his front yard
Jean Patteson Sentinel Staff Writer
August 10, 2008
A 3-year-old boy was struck by a car while playing in his front yard in a hit-and-run accident near Fruitland Park in Lake County about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, troopers said. The child was taken to Leesburg Medical Center, where he died shortly after 9 p.m. His name was not available. The accident happened on Twin Palms Road (County Road 466A), when the driver of a blue vehicle veered off the road into the yard. The driver may have been impaired, said Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Miller. The driver of the vehicle was later arrested in Lake County, Miller said. No name was available.