Chevon Dalton Graham {BSO}
A 6-year-old girl was killed in a crash caused by a speeding driver who had just fled an attempted traffic stop by Coral Springs Police, authorities said Monday.
Chevon Dalton Graham, 26, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested after the deadly crash and charged with vehicular homicide, aggravated fleeing and eluding a crash causing death, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, reckless driving causing property damage, and knowingly driving with a suspended driver’s license, according to Coral Springs Police.
Police said Graham was driving a 2023 white Mercedes-Benz with three passengers at 5:06 p.m. when a Coral Springs Police officer tried to pull him over for an illegal window tint near the 8500 block of West Sample Road.
When the police officer turned on his emergency lights and siren, Graham accelerated at high speed in an effort to elude the officer, police said. In accordance with police department policy, the officer ended the traffic stop by immediately shutting off his emergency lights and siren, according to the department.
The Mercedes-Benz continued speeding west on Sample Road until it reached Northwest 85th Avenue and collided with a gray 2018 Chevrolet Traverse with two people inside, including the six-year-old girl, police said.
The child, secured in a car seat in the backseat, was ejected from the Traverse while still in the seat, police said. Â She was airlifted to Broward Health Medical Center, where she died from her injuries. Her name was not made public by police.
The driver of the Traverse was transported to Broward Health North with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. All three occupants of Graham’s vehicle were also taken to Broward Health North with non-life-threatening injuries. Graham suffered a broken nose, and his front-seat passenger suffered a broken femur, police said.
An investigation by the Coral Springs Police Traffic Homicide Unit led to Graham’s arrest.
According to an arrest report, the Traverse’s driver had been trying to turn north onto Northwest 85th Avenue from West Sample Road when the SUV was struck by the Mercedes-Benz. The impact split the Traverse in half, sending its back end flying into a nearby tree, police said.
The impact threw the child victim onto the ground near the tree, the report states.
After the collision, the Mercedes-Benz crashed into two parked vehicles at 8521 West Sample Road, causing $15,000 in damage to the parked cars, the report states.
Police are asking anyone with additional information or videos of the fatal crash to call Traffic Homicide Investigator Xavier Reinoso at 954-346-1269 or email him at xreinoso@coralsprings.gov.
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