DAVIE, Fla. (AP/WTSP) -- A South Florida man and his 5-year-old daughter died after being struck by a car while trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
Davie police and family members say 46-year-old Carlos Alvarado Amaya and his daughter, Heidy Orellana Cruz, were struck Wednesday along with his 2-year-old daughter, Kaylee, who suffered a minor injury. She was released to the mother.
“The 2-year-old is good, thanks to God,” her mother, Maria Orellana Cruz, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “She got a little hit on the head, but she’s okay.”
Sgt. Mark Leone said the three walked into the path of a 2011 Cadillac. The 30-year-old driver stayed at the scene and has not been charged. Police said neither alcohol nor excessive speed appeared to be a factor.
Cruz told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the couple has two older children and is originally from El Salvador.
“I’m left here alone with my kids who are all minors and I don’t know how I’ll be able to send two bodies back to El Salvador,” she told the paper. “I don’t want to leave them here [because] he has all his family in El Salvador.”
Davie is a suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
