Child Injured In Fatal Crash | DeLand Child Injury Attorney

Date:  May 13, 2011
Location: Lake County, FL
Type: Car accident
Outcome: 2 killed, 3 injured

Two parents were killed in a car accident last week on County Road 42.  Walter Perkins Jr., 21, was driving in a car with his daughter Natalie Perkins, 1, and the child’s mother, Danielle Pearson, 22, when the crash occurred.

Their vehicle flipped and crashed into a pole around 9:40 p.m. Friday night.   Danielle Pearson, who was also 8 months pregnant, was killed in the crash.  Walter Perkins Jr. was transported to the hospital where he died. Their child Natalie Perkins was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.  Two other passengers, Timothy Gunter, 21, and Toni Rodgers, 17, were taken to the hospital with injuries.

Delayed-symptom injuries are normal in a car accident.  Learn more about these in this DeLand injury lawyer article.