Miami mourns the death of Ray Easterling, a 62-year-old former safety for Atlanta’s professional football team who died last week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His widow said that he had suffered one brain injury after another during years of taking hard hits in pro football games. The resulting concussions allegedly caused him to suffer from depression, insomnia and dementia.
Continue readingAnother Florida Beach community the site of a car accident
There are many reasons that South Florida is a desirable place to live and visit. For cities located on the coasts, beaches are one of those reasons. People of all ages and backgrounds enjoy going to the beach to play and in some cases relax in the sun. Unfortunately, these outings are not always as relaxing as some would like. This may be due to what seems to be a recent uptick in the number
Continue readingHomestead accident claims 5-year old; driver jailed
A recent Miami-area car accident claimed the life of a 5-year old boy. A head-on collision, the crash occurred just before 8:00 a.m. on Campbell Drive, near Southwest 152nd Avenue in Homestead. Involving three cars, the car accident came about when a pickup truck made a left turn onto Southwest 152nd and struck the back of a four-door sedan.
Continue readingFlorida tourist injured by flying mattress
While car accidents are one of the most common ways in which people sustain spinal cord injuries, there are of course many other ways in which the injury can be inflicted. This past April a man visiting South Florida sustained a spinal cord injury when he was hit by a flying mattress as he walked down a street. The mattress did not come out of nowhere. It was part of a load of furniture being
Continue readingNew proposal addresses fatigue-related truck accidents
New, stricter standards designed to reduce fatigue-related crashes may be coming for truckers in the United States. Sleep apnea is the specific target of this proposal. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration received similar recommendations from two separate panels, which studied driver fatigue accidents. Miami is no exception to the incidence of truck accident events caused by fatigued–or even sleeping–drivers. The two advisory panels (one, medical and the other, industry safety experts) came to similar
Continue readingSUV driver involved in Miami bus accident leaves scene on foot
School buses are trusted by many parents throughout the Miami area to transport their children to and from school in a safe manner. While most days the routes are completed without incident, there are occasions when car accidents occur. One such accident occurred earlier this week in Miami-Dade County.
Continue readingMany mourn SW Miami-Dade teen victim in tragic crash
Fellow students and friends mourn the death of their thirteen-year old classmate in a tragic Miami-area motor vehicle accident in April. Most can still not believe that their close friend is gone forever. Grieving 8th graders from her class have created a Facebook page dedicated to her memory.
Continue readingDeadly car accidents increase on Tax Day
With the arrival of tax day there are likely quite a few people throughout Miami who are focused on finishing their federal income tax return. For those individuals it is doubtful that they are thinking about April being National Distracted Driving month and the efforts the federal government is making to reduce the number of fatal car accidents throughout the country. Perhaps however, everyone should.
Continue readingSecond lawsuit filed in Miami Beach police ATV accident
A second person injured in a motor vehicle accident after a Miami Beach police officer in an ATV ran him over has filed a lawsuit against both the former officer and the city, according to a story by the Miami Herald. The man, who fractured his leg in the summer accident last year, says that he has suffered disability, disfigurement, mental anguish and a loss of earnings, according to a complaint that he filed with
Continue readingDOT declares April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Car crashes occur regularly throughout the state of Florida. While there are many reasons that car accidents happen, one of the most common reasons these days is distracted driving. Recognizing this, the federal government has declared April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
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