Florida mother killed, 3 young children injured after tire blowout causes collision

[ad_1] A Florida mother was killed and her three younger youngsters had been injured in a automotive accident on Interstate 95 on Memorial Day after a truck skilled a tire blowout and collided with their van.

Olivia Maggs, 32, was driving within the southbound lanes of I-95 by the Pineda Causeway in Brevard County on Monday afternoon when a tire blew out on an F-350, in accordance with FOX 35 Orlando through Florida Freeway Patrol.

The blowout triggered the driving force of the truck, which was touring within the heart lane, to lose management and collide with Maggs' Honda Odyssey van, the outlet reported. Each autos went off the highway and struck a guardrail.

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Olivia Maggs, 32, was killed and her three youngsters had been injured in a automotive accident on Memorial Day after a truck skilled a tire blowout and collided together with her van, sending each vehicles off the highway. (GoFundMe)

Maggs was pronounced useless on the scene, whereas her three youngsters – an toddler woman and two toddler boys – had been airlifted to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital, in accordance with a GoFundMe arrange by Maggs' sister-in-law.

"By the grace of God, sort strangers stopped to assist and pulled the youngsters from the automobile," she wrote, including that the infant woman had a damaged femur and a mind bleed. The 2 boys had been additionally harm, however "they're okay," she mentioned.

The 58-year-old truck driver and his 20-year-old passenger weren't injured and remained on the scene of the crash, FOX 35 reported.

Maggs' toddler daughter and toddler sons had been additionally injured within the lethal collision. (GoFundMe)

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Maggs was a "devoted" and "beloved" nurse at Parrish Medical Heart, the well being system wrote on Fb in a publish mourning her loss of life. She labored on the hospital for 9 years and commenced within the Medical-Surgical Division as a graduate nurse earlier than transferring to the Women's Center.

"Olivia’s kindness, power and delicate spirit left an enduring influence on her sufferers, fellow Care Companions and everybody lucky sufficient to know her. Our hearts are together with her household, buddies and kids throughout this unimaginable time. We're grieving alongside them and can ceaselessly carry her reminiscence in our hearts," the publish acknowledged.

Tons of of feedback had been left on the publish, with dozens of girls sharing their optimistic experiences with Maggs as a nurse and as a pal.

"You always remember the title and face of somebody who made such an enduring impression on you. For all three of my youngsters’s births at Parrish Olivia was probably the most encouraging and supportive nurses. She guided me by means of strapping my firstborn in his automotive seat as we had by no means finished it earlier than and I used to be so anxious. My coronary heart is together with her household and all who mourn her," one lady wrote.

Olivia Maggs was a nurse within the ladies's heart at Parrish Medical Heart in Florida. (Parrish Medical Heart/Fb)

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Greater than $126,000 had been donated to the GoFundMe account as of early Wednesday morning.

"Olivia was a sort, stunning soul—a loving and delicate mom, devoted spouse, and cherished daughter, sister, pal, and compassionate nurse. Her absence leaves a deep void within the hearts of all who knew and cherished her," the GoFundMe reads.