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Police Cruiser in Orlando Pedestrian Accident Injures Child

An Orlando pedestrian accident leaves an elementary student in critical condition after being struck by an Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s car. The pedestrian accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, December 9, 2009.

Orlando Police report that Marqueasha Sabrii Henderson, 6, a kindergarten student at Orange Center Elementary school, was startled by a horn and ran in front of a police cruiser. The incident took place in front of the elementary school while Henderson was crossing John Young Parkway at Orange Center Boulevard, which is a six-lane road. Lt. Julie Blackmon was reported as the driver of the 2006 Chevrolet Impala that struck the student.

Henderson suffered life-threatening injuries and was rushed to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She has been reported as being in critical, but stable condition.

Police originally believed that the kindergarten student was crossing the street with her mother, Lawanda Gandy, and her two sisters when she was struck. However, police later determined that the woman seen with the child in the crosswalk was not her mother. Police have not yet identified who the woman was.

Police have described Blackmon as a 23-year sheriff’s veteran who works for the agencies youth services division. That division supervises school resource officers.

The Orlando pedestrian accident is still under investigation by local authorities. However, police do not believe that speed was a factor in the accident.

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