Driver who injured child after causing crash into building arrested

A driver who slammed into a car, sending it through a building and injuring a child inside is now facing charges.

Jhoana Jimenez Lopez, 38, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. They accused her of driving recklessly and without a license.

The crash happened last month at Star Professional on Palm Beach Boulevard in Tice.

The child suffered a skull fracture, a brain bleed and a broken leg.

Records show Jimenez Lopez has been convicted of driving without a license three times, twice in 2018 and once in 2021.

The building she crashed into has now been deemed an unsafe structure.

Lopez now faces a driving without a license charge and causing a serious injury.

She is out on bond.