(Belle Glade, FL) -- Nine people, including a Virginia child, have died in a crash on a rural South Florida road. Katie Gray with more.Preview: Voicer Script:
A three-year-old child from Chesapeake is among the victims. Palm Beach County police say a 2023 Ford Explorer carrying four adults, and six kids, missed a turn while traveling south on Hatton Highway near Belle Glade Monday night. The driver then went off the road and hit a guardrail before flipping into the canal. When police arrived the SUV was upside down and partially in water. Four people died at the scene, five died at a hospital. Police say none of the occupants of the SUV were wearing seatbelts or were in car seats.