A head-on crash near Disney’s Animal Kingdom sent 11 people to the hospital on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Around 6:00pm, an SUV driven by Megan Hester-Villalobos was headed south in the northbound lane of Sherberth Road and collided with a bus. Both vehicles “burst into flames,” according to Florida Highway Patrol sergeant Kim Montes.
Hester-Villalobos, 36, of Groveland, and her husband, Jesse Villalobos, also 36, were in serious condition at Osceola Regional Medical Center. Their 7-year-old son was in the SUV with them and was transported to the same hospital. استراتيجية الروليت His aunt, Wendi Hester, said he was just bruised and had seat belt burns. The parents have broken bones and are still hospitalized. Hester said Hester-Villalobos does not remember the crash and was unconscious until today.
There were 16 people on the bus; eight of them, including the driver, were transported to Florida Hospital Celebration Health with minor injuries. افضل موقع العاب اون لاين
The bus was not a Disney bus, though it was reportedly transporting Disney College Program cast members. It is owned by Super Transportation.
Danielle Berrios, 28, was driving nearby when the accident occurred and stated that she “heard a loud boom that sounded like an explosion and saw a large cloud of smoke.” She said firetrucks passed them and then she saw the flames and people running across Osceola Parkway away from the smoke. She also saw a little boy crying while being treated by emergency workers.
An investigation is ongoing as to the reason the SUV was in the wrong lane. The Villalobos’ son told police that his mother had fallen asleep at the wheel after being at Disney all day. However, family members say he told them that she had veered into the northbound lane to avoid a van that had swerved into their lane. Charges are pending against Hester-Villalobos. Sgt. Montes said they “don’t suspect the crash was caused by any impairment.”
She has had five tickets since 2009 and was arrested last August for retail theft; she was sentenced to 90 days in jail, her license was suspended for six months, and the had to pay $150 in restitution.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that she is the daughter of former Groveland City Manager Ralph Hester, now deceased. لعبة قمار للايفون She was ticketed in 2009 after running a red light and driving 23 miles over the speed limit. She and her father “accused the officer of targeting them because he’d [her father] tightened budgets in the aftermath of the economic downturn. Hester-Villalobos told her father the officer was rude and intimidating. She fought the ticket and a judge dismissed it, court records show.”
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