Man fled traffic stop in Coral Springs and killed 6-year-old in crash, cops say

A 6-year-old girl was killed in Broward after a man crashed into the car she was traveling in while he was fleeing from a traffic stop during the weekend, police said.

Chevon Dalton Graham, 26, was arrested in the early morning hours of Monday. He’s facing charges of vehicular homicide, aggravatoff ed fleeing, reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.

At around 5 p.m. Sunday, an officer attempted to pull over a 2023 white Mercedes for tinted windows near the 8500 block of West Sample Road in Coral Springs. When the officer turned on his lights and sirens, the car “accelerated at a high rate of speed,” according to an arrest report.

The Coral Springs police officer, the report says, shut his emergency lights and siren as required by the department’s policy.

Moments later, the Mercedes collided with a gray 2018 Chevrolet Traverse at a nearby intersection. The 6-year-old girl, who was in a car seat in the Traverse, was “ejected” from the SUV, according to the report.

The girl landed between a tree and a dumpster, the report shows. She died at Broward Health Medical Center.

In 2022, Graham’s license was suspended, according to a case filed in Broward court.

He’s being held at the North Broward Bureau with his bond set at more than $200,000.

Coral Springs police’s traffic homicide unit is investigating the crash.

Anyone with information should contact Traffic Homicide Investigator Xavier Reinoso at 954-346-1269 or by email at xreinoso@coralsprings.gov.