OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A 46-year-old woman and her 3-year-old daughter who died Thursday in a hazmat incident on Florida’s Turnpike were identified Sunday, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said.
A trooper found the bodies of Latifa Lincoln and her daughter Maksmilla Lincoln Thursday afternoon in a Porsche Cayenne near mile marker 224 in south Osceola County, said Twis Lizasuain, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman.
The SUV was damaged when it struck a guardrail in the median, but it’s believed an unknown hazardous substance killed the Lincolns, not the crash, Lizasuain said.
A trooper and two deputies were briefly hospitalized after they were exposed to the substance in the vehicle.
The road was closed for two hours as officials investigated the harmful substance.
The Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t determined the victims' cause of death.
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