Car Accidents

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 Line Road along Sunlake Boulevard. While the Steinbrenner High School wrestler’s 2003 Nissan SUV was parked at the end of

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 on a suspended driver’s license, struck the rear end of a moped carrying three people in a northbound lane of

A 38-year-old man was detained with no bond on Sept. 23 after he was charged for his alleged involvement in a deadly hit-and-run wreck in Miami-Dade County. In addition, the subject had a warrant out for his arrest from Georgia for trafficking drugs. Charges stemming from the Sept. 16 accident include vehicular homicide, fleeing the scene of an accident with death, fleeing the scene of an accident with injuries, fleeing the scene of an accident

A 42-year-old Florida man died when the tanker truck that he was driving overturned on Interstate 75 near mile marker 206 in Sarasota County. A 24-year-old Kissimmee man driving a pickup truck who was also involved in the accident was not injured. According to authorities, the accident occurred when the tanker truck veered into the center lane of the interstate in front of the pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck steered left and

A 1998 Isuzu pickup truck attempting to enter I-95 in Florida allegedly hydroplaned on wet pavement around 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 12, striking the right side of a box truck. The box truck crossed all lanes and hit a light pole, trapping a front-seat passenger from North Hill in the box truck and killing him. A third vehicle, a 2013 Lincoln, was struck by crash debris. The drivers of the Lincoln and the box truck

Two members of the National Guard were killed after they were struck by a vehicle on Interstate 10 in Florida. The accident happened Sunday, Sept. 8, around 7 p.m. on the westbound side of the interstate near the Monticello exit. The National Guardsmen were traveling in a military civilian vehicle when one of their tires blew out. They pulled the military vehicle over, but another vehicle that was traveling behind them swerved into the median

An auto accident near a medical school campus in the Miami-Dade area claimed the life of a pedestrian on Thursday, Sept. 12. According to a witness and the police, a doctor was among those present at the scene who administered CPR to the stricken man while waiting for emergency crews to arrive. When Miami Fire Rescue workers reached the scene about 10 minutes after the collision, the car accident victim was taken to the Ryder

Florida Highway Patrol officials said an accident on Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County left six people injured, including two in critical condition. The driver of the car reportedly was speeding, lost control of his car and crashed into a guardrail. Troopers said the auto accident happened late on the night of Sept. 1 in the southbound lanes of the highway near 103rd Street. Officials said two of the passengers were thrown from the car as

A Florida man was killed and another was injured in a vehicle wreck involving a truck, SUV and a school bus. According to the report, the car accident occurred when a truck crossed the center line and collided head on with the SUV. The impact caused the SUV to lose control and to crash into an empty school bus that was attempting to stop. The impact of the accident also sent the truck off the

A Florida man, 39, was involved in a fatal auto accident when he was riding a 2009 Suzuki motorcycle in Lakeland on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. The motorcyclist was heading north on Martin Luther King Boulevard at 7:19 a.m., when he entered the intersection with Emma Street. His motorcycle suddenly collided with a 2000 red Chevrolet pickup truck driven by a man, 48, of Lakeland, who was traveling east on Emma Street. The motorcycle hit