9 people hurt in crash in Lauderdale Lakes

6 children among victims taken to Broward Health Medical Center

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Nine people were hurt when two cars collided Wednesday night in Lauderdale Lakes.

Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane said the cars crashed in light rain about 8:30 p.m. at Northwest 31st Avenue and Northwest 41st Street. 

Six children were among the victims, and one adult was critically injured, Kane said. All nine victims were taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Witnesses said some of the victims -- one as young as 2 years old -- were thrown from the vehicles. 

Hyacinte Wilbui showed Local 10 News the bloody tissue she used to wipe the boy's face.

"(It) could've been anyone -- anybody could've gotten killed," another witness said. 

Photos from the crash scene show a white car with significant front-end damage. Another vehicle slammed into a bus stop bench.

Paramedics from Tamarac and Oakland assisted the BSO Department of Fire Rescue with the crash, Kane said.