Second child dies day after car crashes into Florida canal

SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. – South Daytona law enforcement officials are nonetheless looking for out what precisely triggered a crash that killed two kids. Detectives stated a lady hit a curb, inflicting her to veer throughout the road, over a bridge, and into a canal.  A memorial now marks the spot the place the crash occurred.

Sharrwah Blake, a detailed buddy of the household, stopped by there Thursday evening to attempt to piece collectively what occurred within the wreck. The means the highway is ready up makes the outline of the occasion tough to image. “I was just trying to figure out what happened,” she advised FOX 35. “It’s still surreal.”

When South Daytona law enforcement officials and firefighters first arrived on the crash Wednesday night, it was a mad rush to attempt to get the household out of the car, which was the wrong way up within the water. With power – utilizing bodily power and willpower – they bought the car turned over by hand.  However, it was too late for eight-year-old Jordinho Stenneth. He died on the hospital Wednesday evening.

Shands Hospital confirmed to FOX 35 News that the boy’s sister, 8-year-old Jordannae Lewin, died on the hospital on Thursday evening. 

The tow truck drivers who bought the car out of the canal additionally advised FOX 35 News the scene of the crash simply didn’t appear to make sense. “I just tell my guys, ‘Look, we’ve got to focus on the job, I understand it can be hard times, but we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do,” detailed Lee Tomson, Operations Manager of Volusia County Towing. 

The mom who was driving the car, Sashane Brown Stenneth, is doing okay.

“It’s hard. I’m just hoping the best for the family,” added Tomson.

“They’re good people and it’s just so sad all around,” stated Blake. 

Police don’t assume the mom was dashing or driving recklessly forward of the crash.

“I don’t know if you would consider that a problem spot,” stated Bryan Craig with South Daytona Police. “I think based on our traffic investigators and talking with some of them, that raised curb along the sidewalk could present a little bit of a problem.”

Police stated Thursday it could be value a dialog with the County to see whether or not the highway might be adjusted to keep away from one other crash like this one.