National Transportation Safety Board

Newly released documents from the National Transportation Safety Board are shedding light on the fatal crash last year near Belle Glade that killed nine members of the same family.

All of the victims drowned when their SUV overturned into a canal at a sharp turn on Hatton Highway. Among those killed were three adults and six children, ranging in age from one to fourteen years old.

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Cell phone records show the driver who died was on the phone with the rental car company just nine minutes before the crash. Investigators say the 2023 Ford Explorer had no active recalls. However, the NTSB says the family had reported multiple times that th

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