A 4-year-old boy and his grandmother were struck and seriously injured when a car rammed into them this morning, authorities said.
The accident occurred just after 9 a.m. near the intersection of Nineteenth Avenue and Monroe Street, according to Hollywood Fire-Rescue Div. Chief Mark Steele.
The grandmother was walking the boy to school when a driver struck them, Steele said.
The boy was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and the grandmother was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where both are recovering from injuries that were described as serious, but non-life threatening, authorities said.
The driver of the car was also taken to Memorial Regional Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
It was not immediately clear whether the driver of the car would be facing any charges.