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Two Injured In School Zone Wreck At Molino Park Elementary
March 12, 2026
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle head-on crash Thursday morning in the school zone at Molino Park Elementary School on Highway 97.
The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. near the car rider line entrance.
The Molino Station of Escambia County Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS, and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
NorthEscambia.com. Photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
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12 Responses to “Two Injured In School Zone Wreck At Molino Park Elementary”
They forgot they were in a school zone and hence forgot to be careful driving . You can’t fix stupid !
Definitely not a 20mph collision!
Why are people saying one was speeding. If both cars doing 20-25 miles an hour the damage be pretty much what we see here. PATIENCE!
People are lining up at school and hour or more to drop off and pick up children. The blinking light if working are not set to come on the early.
Concerned – it’s the person driving that is the problem, not the signage, not the road, but the DRIVER. Most people don’t even look at the speed limit signs. So the only blame here is the drivers.
Better ways to curb speeding and possibly injuring innocent children at schools, than
involving physical Sheriff Deputies.
Florida HB 657: Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits, Effective Date: July 1,
2023, Chapter Number, 2023-174, established in law which agencies is responsible
to help curb speeding in school zones.
You can read at flsenate.gov., then present to your school or other parents for help
from those agencies. Hope this information can help and prevent injuries.
I do the speed limit in the school zone and the and the car behind me stay on my back bumper the whole time. Happens nearly every time.
Wondering, I was thinking the same thing.
Sitting in the pickup line right now. There has been 6 vehicles in the past 10 minutes doing at least 40 to 50 mph.
To be completely honest the school zone light doesn’t work/flash coming down 97 with the school on the left, not sure about the other one. My husband and I have talked about how dangerous that is. There needs to be better signage/ flashing lights for safety or an officer needs to be sitting here daily. No one slows going through this school zone. It’s only a matter of time before it turns fatal!
Don’t worry. They’ll post a deputy there for two days and then two days later people will be back to driving 55+ while the school zone light is flashing.
Sure looks like that impact occured above the posted 20 mph in a school zone during dropoff!