Port St. Lucie - Saturday June 25, 2022: A nine-year-old child was seriously injured in a car crash Friday night. The driver of the vehicle the child was in has been arrested for Driving Under the Influence.
PSLPD Traffic Homicide Investigators arrested 37-year-old Jillian Butler for driving under the influence with serious bodily injury to another after she caused a 4-vehicle crash that critically injured the child. The release from the Port St. Lucie Police Department does not say what the relationship was between the child and Butler.
The crash was reported at 8:59 pm Friday June 24 at SE Port St. Lucie Blvd and SE Airoso Blvd. The preliminary investigation found that Butler was traveling east on Port St. Lucie Blvd in a red Nissan Altima when she struck the rear of a black Mercedes R350 that was stopped at the red light on Port St. Lucie Blvd. The initial impact caused the Mercedes to travel forward and crash into the rear of a stopped blue Hyundai Elantra which then crashed into the rear of a stopped gray Hyundai Kona.
The driver and passenger in the Mercedes were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 9-year-old child, who was a passenger in Butler’s vehicle, was seriously injured and was airlifted to a hospital.
Butler was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries and was later arrested by Port St. Lucie PD Traffic Homicide Investigators. Butler was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail and charged with driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury to another.
