Last Updated on: 30th August 2021, 01:23 pm
Who is Joyce Cara Zamago of Florida, US? Biography, Wiki
Joyce Cara Zamago is a Florida mother charged with allowing an unlicensed minor to drive without a license, causing serious injury or death, and exacerbating child abuse, Lee County prison records show.
A four-year-old Florida girl was killed and another toddler was seriously injured Saturday night when a pickup truck driven by a 14-year-old girl crashed into another vehicle near Fort Myers.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the girl was one of six children in the van, with the 44-year-old mother as a passenger, WFTX reported.
Joyce Cara Zamago’s Age
Her current age is 44 years.
What Was The Incident?
Police said the teen was driving west in the left turn lane of Florida’s SR-82 around 6:30 p.m. and a pickup truck driven by a 37-year-old man was traveling east on the highway approaching the Sunshine Boulevard intersection, as per the WINK.
The 14-year-old made a left into the path of the truck. The two vehicles turned around, the SUV stopped off the road.
As per the state police, the driver, the 44-year-old woman, a 10-year-old boy, and an 8-year-old girl were slightly injured in the van, as were the deceased boy and a 3-year-old boy who suffered serious injuries. Another child was also in this vehicle but was not injured.
None of the six people aboard the van were injured, including a 32-year-old woman and three children between the ages of 12 and 19.
State police did not release the names of those involved.
Mother Arrested
Joyce Cara Zamago was incarcerated in the Lee County Jail Sunday morning for allowing a minor to drive, driving without a license, causing death or serious injury, and exacerbating child abuse.
She remains in jail on bail yet to be set.
Joyce Cara Zamago has multiple traffic quotes from 2019 to 2002 in Collier, Miami-Dade, and Hillsborough counties for seat belt driving, passengers under 18 without seat belts, and children without restraint systems or child seats.
Similar citations at the time included failing to stop at a red light in Miami-Dade County and reckless waiters, not having a valid driver’s license and open container violations at Collier.
What Police Have Investigated Up Till Now?
As per the FHP report, the accident occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m.
The Immokalee teen drove the truck east on 82nd and turned left unprotected, passing a pickup near Sunshine Boulevard, the FHP said.
No one in the van, including two adults and three children under the age of 12, all from Lehigh Acres, was injured.
Everyone in the truck was wearing seat belts, the FHP said.
The death marks the 72nd death toll on Lee County roads in 2021.
