Posted: 11-06-2013
Fatal car accident leaves man dead
According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, an elderly man was killed in a Jacksonville car wreck on Oct. 30. The accident occurred when a woman who was eastbound on Martin Luther King Parkway turned her Chevrolet S-10 left onto Moncrief Road and into the path of an oncoming Jeep Wrangler. Investigators stated […]
Posted: 11-04-2013
Florida pedestrian accidents increase during holiday weeks
According to findings by Allstate Insurance Company, pedestrian accidents in Florida increase on average about 23 percent the week of Halloween each year. Allstate released this conclusion after examining claims from the last five years, which revealed the dramatic increase. However, this is not the highest increase experienced in pedestrian accidents from one week to […]
Posted: 11-01-2013
Three students hit in automotive accident
A pickup truck struck three children who were about to board a school bus between Bowling Green and Wauchula. One of the children was airlifted to a hospital in Tampa, and the other two children sustained injuries due to the auto accident.
Posted: 10-30-2013
University of Miami students killed in car crash honored
Friends and family of two University of Miami engineering students attended a candlelight memorial service in their honor after the couple was hit by a car and killed. The woman who struck them with her Porsche has not been charged. The accident happened when the two students were crossing the street at Kendall Drive and […]
Posted: 10-28-2013
Brain trauma victims may see benefits of research
A decades-old memory led a geneticist to fill a gap in modeling systems for studying traumatic brain injuries that plague many Florida athletes. When he noticed fruit flies’ reaction to being stunned 40 years ago, he didn’t think much of it. However, as a geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, he realized that he might […]
Posted: 10-23-2013
Couple riding dirt bike injured in hit-and-run accident
Two hit-and-run car accidents in just over a month have left one Florida family devastated. The latest accident occurred Oct. 17 when a driver hit a dirt bike a young couple was riding in Perrine, just 20 miles south of Miami, and then drove off. The young woman’s great-aunt was killed on Sept. 16 in […]
Posted: 10-21-2013
Driver hits fences, yards and neighbor
A Florida woman in her 60s drove her Mercedes-Benz through three yards as she plowed over fences and struck a neighbor who was relaxing outside before her vehicle landed in her own backyard. The victim was transported to a medical facility by emergency personnel and was initially listed in serious condition. Her condition later worsened […]
Posted: 10-16-2013
Florida teen dies in car accident
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a car accident that took place at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 5 in Pasco County took the life of a Lutz teenager. A passenger in the car was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she was listed in serious condition. The accident happened a little north of County […]
Posted: 10-10-2013
Florida car-moped accident claims two lives
Two people were killed and another seriously injured following a collision between a moped and a passenger vehicle in a Florida city on Oct. 6. A second car also was involved following the collision that occurred in Tampa about 11:30 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol says a 2010 Hyundai Accent, driven by a 23-year-old woman […]
Posted: 10-08-2013
Miami dump truck driver not charged in fatal accident
The driver of a dump truck in Miami who ran over a man and killed him on Saturday evening, Sept. 28, turned himself in to police. However, he was not charged in the incident since it was determined to be an accident. Police had posted a surveillance picture of the truck on their Twitter account […]