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One-year-old Child Dies in Wesley Chapel Accident

A two-vehicle car accident in Wesley Chapel leaves two dead, including a 1-year-old child, after a vehicle crosses the center lane and strikes another car. The Tampa area crash occurred on Thursday night, January 7, 2010 on Bruce B. Downs.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 67-year-old Raul John Bertrand Jr., of Brandon, was traveling southbound at approximately 8:00 PM on Bruce B. Downs when his 2010 Cadillac SUV veered across the center lane and into the path of a 2004 blue Honda, which was heading northbound.

Rescue workers pronounced Bertrand dead at the scene from his injuries.

Rescue crews transported 1-yeal-old Jaylin Dominguez, of Tampa, who was a passenger in the Honda, to a Tampa hospital. The one-year-old died on Saturday due to injuries sustained in the accident.

Dominguez’s parents, Nadine Maldonado, 25, of Tampa, who was driving at the time of the accident and passenger Simon T. Dominguez, 25, of Wesley Chapel, were also seriously injured in the wreck. They were both taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital and treated for injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Florida High Patrol is still investigating the fatal two-vehicle wreck. It is unclear as to why Bertrand crossed the center lane and into oncoming traffic.

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