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7-Year-Old Boy Sent to Hospital Following Hamilton Co. Accident Pronounced Dead

Car accident
Posted at 1:56 PM, May 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-18 09:59:44-04

JENNINGS, Fla. (WTXL) - A 7-year-old boy rushed to the hospital following a weekend accident that killed a 32-year-old woman has also died. 

Florida Highway Patrol troopers says the child was not wearing a seat belt, when Jessica Nichole Leach tried to travel across the intersection of CR 158 and CR 249 just after midnight on Sun., May 15.  

Another car hit the front passenger side of Leach's vehicle, causing it to overturn and hit a utility pole, according to Troopers. 

FHP says alcohol was a factor. They are still investigating whether the driver who hit Leach's car had been drinking.

The child was pronounced dead Monday.