SANTA ROSA BEACH - An 8-year-old Santa Rosa Beach child was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after being run over by a car at La Canosa Boulevard and San Jose Drive on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Mireya E. Chacon, 31, of Santa Rosa Beach, was stopped about 3 p.m. in a 2003 Ford Expedition on the west shoulder of La Canosa Drive, the FHP reported. The car traveled backward and hit Chase Allen Maas.
The Expedition’s right rear wheel then ran over him.
Maas was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast and then transferred to Sacred Heart in Pensacola because of internal injuries, according to the FHP.
Chacon and her passenger, 6-year-old Omar Chacon of Santa Rosa Beach, were not hurt, according to FHP.
Mireya Chacon was charged with improper backing with serious injuries.