Driver hits pedestrian, 5 vehicles and carts

Authorities say a 73-yearold man critically injured a pedestrian while running into five vehicles and some shopping carts in a grocery store parking lot.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Angel Rios Ruiz apparently meant to drive forward as he was leaving the parking lot on Monday. Instead, he put the car in reverse, hitting a vehicle. Then he moved forward and hit the other cars and carts and a 52-year-old woman.

FHP spokeswoman Kim Montes said the pedestrian was in critical condition when she was flown to a hospital.

None of the cars hit was occupied. Troopers are continuing to investigate. week in PortMiami. The ship will offer four-night weekday and three-night weekend trips from Miami to the Bahamas. Its first voyage left Monday.

Besides restaurants and bars, other new attractions include a virtual reality bungee trampoline, a pair of racer water slides, a glowin-the-dark laser tag room, a room escape challenge and a surf simulator.

Royal Caribbean President and CEO Michael Bayley says millennials want more frequent and shorter vacations, and the Mariner of the Seas is expected to meet that demand.

The improvements are part of a $900 million program involving 10 ships in four years.

Panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 panthers remain in the wild.