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Broward Sheriff's Office Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit detectives are investigating a car accident that took the life of a young boy yesterday afternoon in Deerfield Beach.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Neallie Junior Saxon III was playing ball with several other children near 347 N.W. Fourth Place. Witnesses told detectives that the kids often played outside without adult supervision, as they were on this occasion. Detectives believe the ball rolled or was thrown out of the yard causing several children to chase it into the street.
The driver was traveling, within the speed limit, eastbound on Northwest Fourth Place near the 300 block when the children ran into the roadway. The driver's 2007 four-door Hyundai Santa Fe SUV struck Saxon causing him to fall to the pavement.
The other children were darting in and out of the street during the incident and may have drawn the driver's attention away from Saxon. The victim was shorter than the vehicle's bumper, and according to THI detectives, it is unlikely that he would have been visible from the driver's perceptive.
Once Saxon had been struck, the driver, unaware of what had just occurred, did not alter her speed. She came to a stop at the next stop sign where she was dragged from her vehicle and beaten by several unidentified subjects. She was treated at a local hospital for her injuries which include several factures to her face and head. The battery is being investigated by BSO Deerfield Beach detectives.
The THI investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact BSO THI Detective Donnard Huneke at 954-321-4842 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
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