The driver of a 2009 Honda Accord Sedan who veered around a bus, striking two children fatally and injuring four others Monday afternoon, has been arrested, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday night.
Physical evidence left at the crash scene at 2417 N.W. Ninth Ave. in Wilton Manors led detectives to the suspect, Sean Charles Greer, 27. Greer was booked into the Main Jail Tuesday evening, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Law enforcement agencies released a description of the Honda Accord Sedan, leading officials to find the car on Ninth Lane, which the Sheriff’s Office said is the street Greer lives on. When detectives found the car, it’s front bumper was missing, consistent with a bumper found at the crash scene, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office Violence Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response detectives found Greer, who confessed to being responsible for the crash, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Greer is facing two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries, tampering with evidence, four counts of driving without a license causing death and serious bodily injuries and driving with a suspended license, according to deputies.
Greer is on probation for burglary in Broward County, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Shortly before 3 p.m. Monday in the 2500 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue, a city transit bus stopped to drop off a passenger and pulled out to continue driving south when Greer approached the bus from behind, did not allow the bus to merge and veered around it, nearly hitting the front driver’s side of the bus, according to deputies.
Greer then drove the car off the road and onto the sidewalk, the Sheriff’s Office said, where he hit the group of six children, all of whom were relatives. The Sheriff’s Office identified the two girls who were killed as Andrea Fleming, 6, and Kylie Jones, 5.
Draya Fleming, 9; Audre Fleming, 2; Laziyah Stokes, 9; Johnathan Carter, 10, were all hospitalized with injuries at Broward Health Medical Center.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battallion Chief Stephen Gollan said Monday that two of the injured children were in critical condition.
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