Tampa Toddler Killed In Rollover Crash Along Alligator Alley

WESTON, FL — A search team located the body of a 1-year-old Tampa boy Thursday along a stretch of Alligator Alley after the child was thrown from his family's Nissan Frontier pickup truck when it was catapulted off the road with a blown tire, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

"This vehicle swerved into the right, went into the canal and rolled over several times," Lt. Yanko Reyes of Florida Highway Patrol told reporters at the crash site along the eastbound lanes of Interstate 75 near milemarker 27 in Broward County.

Three other children, ages 4, 8 and 10, suffered minor injuries in the crash, but two adult women, ages 31 and 56, suffered serious injuries. The 33-year-old male driver suffered minor injuries.

"The family began telling everybody that there was a child that was missing," Reyes said. "Some of the deputies actually went into this canal searching for this missing child."

The crash occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m. None of the passengers in the pickup were wearing seatbelts at the time, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

"We conducted a thorough search and we were able to find the deceased body of the 1-year-old male," Reyes said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.