.jpg "A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, after a Ford F-250 struck her while she biked with her mother near a Marathon gas station in the Florida Keys")
A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, after a Ford F-250 struck her while she biked with her mother near a Marathon gas station in the Florida Keys
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A 68-year-old man may be facing criminal charges after he drove his pick-up truck into a 7-year-old girl riding her bicycle, killing her, in the Florida Keys Tuesday afternoon, troopers said.
Around 2:50 p.m., the man, whom authorities did not identify, was driving his Ford F-250 out of Valero Gas Station near Boot Key, 7301 Overseas Highway in Marathon, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Just as he was driving and about to make a right turn, the 7-year-old and her mother were riding their bicycles across the gas station entrance in front of the man’s pick-up truck.
When their paths crossed, the man collided with the little girl. She was wearing her helmet, but she died from the impact, troopers said.
Authorities noted alcohol was not a factor, but are continuing to investigate as charges are pending.
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