A tragic incident occurred on Memorial Day when a mother from Florida lost her life and her three young children were injured in a car crash on Interstate 95. The accident happened after a truck suffered a tire blowout and crashed into their van.
The victim, Olivia Maggs, aged 32, was driving on the southbound lanes of I-95 near the Pineda Causeway in Brevard County. Reports from FOX 35 Orlando via Florida Highway Patrol indicated that a tire blowout occurred on an F-350 truck.
The blowout caused the truck, which was in the center lane, to swerve and collide with Maggs’ Honda Odyssey van. Both vehicles veered off the road and hit a guardrail.
Maggs was a “dedicated” and “beloved” nurse at Parrish Medical Center, the health system wrote on Facebook in a post mourning her death. She worked at the hospital for nine years and began in the Medical-Surgical Department as a graduate nurse before transferring to the Women’s Center.
“Olivia’s kindness, strength and gentle spirit left a lasting impact on her patients, fellow Care Partners and everyone fortunate enough to know her. Our hearts are with her family, friends and children during this unimaginable time. We are grieving alongside them and will forever carry her memory in our hearts,” the post stated.
Hundreds of comments were left on the post, with dozens of women sharing their positive experiences with Maggs as a nurse and as a friend.
“You never forget the name and face of someone who made such a lasting impression on you. For all three of my children’s births at Parrish Olivia was one of the most encouraging and supportive nurses. She guided me through strapping my firstborn in his car seat as we had never done it before and I was so anxious. My heart is with her family and all who mourn her,” one woman wrote.
Olivia Maggs was a nurse in the women’s center at Parrish Medical Center in Florida. (Parrish Medical Center/Facebook)
More than $126,000 had been donated to the GoFundMe account as of early Wednesday morning.
“Olivia was a kind, beautiful soul—a loving and gentle mother, devoted wife, and cherished daughter, sister, friend, and compassionate nurse. Her absence leaves a deep void in the hearts of all who knew and loved her,” the GoFundMe reads.
