Car Accidents

Florida motorists who drive Volkswagens and certain other imports may want to contact their local dealer to find out if their vehicle is among the 2.6 million being recalled worldwide by the Volkswagen Group of Frankfurt, Germany. A company news release did not specify how many of the recalled vehicles were in the United States. The automaker is issuing the recall because of defects in the electronic and drive systems. A good percentage of the

The Florida Highway Patrol was tasked with investigating a fatal accident that killed a 38-year-old Port Richey woman as a possible DUI manslaughter case. They said that another vehicle that was driven by a 21-year-old man, also of Port Richey, rear-ended the woman’s vehicle on northbound U.S. 19 in Holiday. The affected area of U.S. 19 was closed for approximately five hours as crews worked to clear debris from the road.

A fiery car accident took the life of a 38-year-old Port Richey woman on Nov. 11. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say that her car was rear-ended by another vehicle that they believe was traveling at speed of more than 100 mile per hour. The auto accident occurred on northbound U.S. 19 in New Port Richey at 3:17 a.m. The woman was pronounced dead about a half hour later at Trinity Medical Center.

Florida car enthusiasts may be interested to learn that Tesla Motors continued to see their shares fall after a third fire in their Model S luxury vehicle was confirmed. According to the report, the high-end electric car company saw their stock fall nine percent, or $13.40, on Nov. 7. This decline followed a 15 percent plunge just the day before. The third fire in the company’s Model S vehicle occurred on Nov. 6 near Smyrna,

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 that she failed to see the vehicle before making the turn. The Jeep collided with the Chevrolet, which caused both

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 the next. Christmas week brings an increase of 30 percent. Thanksgiving week shows an increase of 20 percent on average.

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.

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 68th Court. They had crossed five lanes of traffic and were near the curb in front of their apartment complex

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 a high-speed hit-and-run accident that was also in Perrine. The couple was riding a dirt bike on SW 176 Street

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 to critical. The driver of the Mercedes was treated for minor injuries at a medical facility. She and the victim