A GoFundMe account has been created to help support the medical needs of three children injured in a traffic crash near Baker and to fund a memorial for a 9-year-old boy who was killed in the wreck.
The page titled “Help the Menzies kids recover” was launched two days after the head-on collision on State Road 4 near Keyser Mill Road on Monday evening. The children’s father and another family member are listed as the organizers.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, a Subaru occupied by the four children and a 39-year-old woman, all from Evergreen, Alabama, was traveling east on SR 4 as a Kia SUV driven by a Baker woman was approaching from the opposite direction.
Wright said he s not overly worried about being overlooked, but he fears others more seriously ill than him could suffer the same fate. He, like many Floridians, is frustrated by the nebulous wording of Gov. Ron DeSantis Executive Order No. 21-47.
Under the order, Health Department staffs may vaccinate persons determined by a physician to be extremely vulnerable to COVID-19.
Following DeSantis’ issuing of the order, the Florida Department of Health released a form for doctors to fill out to allow a patient to receive the vaccine. The form does not obligate the physician to indicate what condition his or her patient suffers from.
When they attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Wilson reportedly sped up and drove off the road to pass other cars on the right shoulder. He then headed into a neighborhood off Roberts Boulevard.
Deputies found his vehicle partially concealed at the rear of a home on Cardinal Street. According to the release, a woman flagged down a deputy to say a man had just entered her house uninvited, OCSO reported.
Deputies surrounded the home and repeatedly ordered Wilson to come out during about a 15-minute period. When they breached the front door, Wilson surrendered and was taken into custody.