12-year-old girl killed, mother critically injured in I-95 wreck
A 12-year-old Maryland girl was killed this morning and her mother was critically injured in a single-vehicle wreck that closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 for hours south of Petersburg.
Shiane Dixon of Boyds, Md., died at the scene after she was thrown from the vehicle and was struck by a tractor-trailer, State Police said.
The girl was riding without a seat belt in the cargo area of a 2000 Lincoln Navigator that ran off the right side of the southbound interstate road about 4:39 a.m., State Police said. Shel was thrown into the northbound lane of the interstate after the driver overcorrected, struck the left guardrail, and overturned. She was struck by a truck that was traveling northbound.
The driver of the vehicle, Diane P. Nixon, of Boyds, Md., suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown by a State Police Med-Flight helicopter to VCU Medical Center. She was wearing a seat belt.
Nixon’s 16-year-old son, Hassan, was partially ejected from the vehicle and taken to VCU Medical Center by ambulance with injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening. He was wearing a seat belt.
Two other passengers, Jordan Lusane, 18, and Taylor Scott, 12, were taken by ambulance to Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Lusane also is a member of the Dixon family, and Scott is a family friend. Both were wearing seat belts.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
The wreck closed the northbound lanes and one southbound lane of I-95 at Exit 45, where the highway crosses U.S. Route 301.
Reader Reactions
Agreed, my heart goes out to the family but it is sad how her death was possibly preventable by just buckling up.
I agree tman….my vehicle doesn’t move out of the driveway if my kids & all passengers aren’t buckled. But I started them out that way because at 18 my Aunt did the same thing to me when I lived with her. I don’t let my kids ride with anyone’s parents if they’re overloaded & don’t have enough seatbelts for everyone.
It kills me when I see children in a vehicle without a seat belt on. Parents that dont know how to teach their children to stay seated and not whine about it. They would rather just let the child do whatever, instead of have the patience and consistantcy to teach the child to stay in the seat, belted in. This is such a sad story that most probably could have been avoided. I only hope it can stand as a lesson for other parents and that they can learn and possibly save their own children’s lives.
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