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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
National
Tiffini Theisen

Florida man flees, leaving children at scene of rollover crash, police say

ORLANDO, Fla. _ Police are searching for a man who they say abandoned his two stepdaughters after a crash, leaving one of them injured in the road.

Armando De Dios Cruz caused the rollover accident Sunday in Haines City and fled the scene without checking on the girls, ages 13 and 6, police said, according to WFTS-Tampa Bay.

First responders took the children to a local hospital. Both girls are expected to recover from their injuries.

"How's THIS for parenting?" the Haines City Police Department posted on Facebook on Tuesday evening along with the hashtag #Parentoftheyear, photos of De Dios Cruz and his wrecked SUV, and a description of the accident.

The charges pending against De Dios Cruz are leaving the scene of a crash with injury and child neglect.

Haines City is about 30 miles southwest of Kissimmee.

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