SARASOTA, Fla. — A man and two young children were seriously injured after they were hit by a car while crossing the road Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol wrote in a release.
Troopers say a 47-year-old man was carrying a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl while walking across a crosswalk at Midnight Pass Road and Old Stickney Point Road.
All three pedestrians were taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
According to the release, the driver was a 74-year-old man from St. Petersburg. He was driving an SUV.
The crash remains under investigation.