An 8-year-old Ohio boy was among the dead after a tragic crash ended his holiday trip to Florida on New Year’s Eve.
Tyler Donathan died Sunday in Calhoun County while on a trip with his father and friends, the boy’s aunt, Donna Kite said.
“We can’t stop thinking about him. It’s like your heart is breaking and you don’t know when it will stop. He was so young. He had his whole life in front of him.”
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said that a car carrying five passengers failed to dodge a curve sending the vehicle rolling several times before it landed in a ditch.
The woman behind the wheel dozed off at the time of the deadly crash that claimed Tyler and a 56-year-old female victim’s lives.
“He said he was tired, she was tired, but she drove and that’s when it happened,” Kite said of her brother who was left with severe injuries.
“He’s got a broken collar bone, some fractures, and he’s got a brain bleed. He said it feels like a nightmare and he can’t wake up.”
