4 people have died, including 2 children, after a crash on US Highway 90 near 87th Drive in Suwannee County.
It happened on Tuesday night, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, and Florida's attorney general says an undocumented driver was involved.
The FHP report says each of the victims were pronounced dead on scene, and the crash involved 3 vehicles.
Wednesday afternoon, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier shared about the fatal crash on social media. He says an undocumented man named Martin Lagunas Ramirez hit another vehicle head-on. He says a woman and her 2 adopted children were in the other vehicle. All of them died.
The FHP report says the male driver crossed the center lane and hit the family's vehicle. They say his pickup truck overturned, he was ejected from the vehicle, and he was pinned by one of the rear tires. The report says a third vehicle could not stop in time and hit the truck.
The FHP is still trying to figure out what caused the man to enter oncoming traffic.
The report says the family was from Lake City, and the children were 8 and 6 years old. It says the male driver was 33 years old.
AG Uthmeier's post says Ramirez was "an illegal alien who'd previously been deported." He also claims Ramirez had cocaine on him during the crash. The FHP confirmed the man was in the U.S. illegally. They say he re-entered the country through Texas in 2024.
Uthmeier concluded his post saying, "We pray for the families of the innocent lives taken at the hands of those who should’ve never been in our country in the first place."
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