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5-year-old Hit By Pickup Truck In Sharpes

ShARPES, Florida — A 5-year-old boy remains in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck in Brevard County, Florida.



Around 7:20 p.m. on Monday, a special needs child from Cocoa had gotten away from his parents in a nearby parking lot.  As the parents were searching for the boy, he wandered into the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 near Indian River Drive and into the path of a 2013 Dodge pickup truck driven by 64-year-old Timm Eri.



According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Eri swerved to the left – but the right front of the pickup struck the child. 



The boy was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida.

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