Sumter County, Florida — A woman and three minors in her car were all injured after an accident in Sumter County with an 18-wheeler this past Thursday, July 9, 2015. Police identified them as Jennifer Budd, 33, Chase Newman, 15, Thorn Newman, 12, and Angie Hinde, 6 years old.
Though not a lot of information has been released on why this accident happened, the police were able to say what happened, to some extent.
It appears that Jennifer Budd was driving her car south along Route 471 on Thursday morning around 8:15 a.m. with Chase & Thorn Newman and Angie Hinde as passengers.
As she neared Gullede Lane, they said, her car was in a head-on wreck with an 18-wheeler truck was headed north on Route 471. The driver of the truck, Kirk Whitehead, wasn’t harmed. However, Jennifer Budd and the children were all taken to a hospital with various injuries.
Angie Hinde was the most seriously injured, the news said, and Jennifer Budd was said to be in critical condition at a separate hospital. The Newmans suffered only minor harm.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, though the trucker here is claiming that Budd’s car lost control and veered into his lane.