Late last month, a fatal accident tragically claimed the lives of one young couple and injured six other people. According to one local news source, the accident occurred around 4:40 in the afternoon in Lecanto, Florida, between W. Grover Cleveland Boulevard and C.R. 491. Evidently, a Suzuki Aerio was traveling…
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Pick-Up Truck Crashes into Cape Coral Pool Hall, Killing One and Injuring Three Others
Earlier this week in Cape Coral, Florida, one man was killed and another three injured when a pick-up truck slammed through the wall of a billiard hall. According to one local news source, the accident occurred when a pick-up truck drove through a parking space, over a small barrier, over…
Woman Charged in Cocoa Beach Hit-and-Run Faces 15 Years if Convicted
Back on New Years Eve of last year, a young boy was struck by a hit-and-run driver and seriously injured as he was playing basketball with his friends. About three weeks after the incident, the driver involved in the hit-and-run was arrested and charged with causing personal injury, a second-degree…
Florida Teen Flees Accident Scene, Ends Up in Swimming Pool
Earlier this month in Tampa, Florida, a teenager who was allegedly involved in an accident fled the scene, and his car was later discovered in a residential swimming pool a few blocks away. According to one local news source, the original accident occurred at the intersection of North Ola Avenue and…
Deerfield Beach Accident Involving Car and Pick-Up Truck Kills One Child, Injures Several Others
Earlier last month in Deerfield Beach, Florida, an accident between a pick-up truck and a car resulted in the death of one child and several other children being taken to the hospital with varying injuries. According to one local news source, the accident occurred at around four in the afternoon…
Jacksonville Driver Attempts to Cross Railroad Tracks While Gate-Arms Were Down, Car Clipped in Half
Earlier this month in Jacksonville, a 21-year-old man was driving with two passengers when his vehicle was struck by an AMTRAK train when he attempted to cross a set of railroad tracks while the gate-arms were down. According to one local news source, the accident occurred at around 11 in…
Exploding Airbags Responsible for Largest Auto Recall in U.S. History
Earlier this month, a Japanese airbag manufacturer, Takata, announced the largest recall of automotive parts in U.S. history, with estimates of the number of affected US vehicles in the 34-million range. According to a national CNN news report, the airbags were recalled because they have been shown to send shrapnel into…
Drunk Driver Who Tweeted “2 Drunk 2 Care” Minutes before Fatal DUI Accident Faces 24 Years in Prison
Earlier last year, a drunk driver killed two 21-year-old best friends in a head-on collision on the Sawgrass Expressway. Back at the time of the accident, the tragic story made national news because the driver had tweeted “2 drunk 2 care” just moments before she collided head-on with the girls’ car.…
Dade City High-School Student Dies in Tragic Head-On Collision
Earlier this month in Dade City, a tragic accident took the life of a 17-year-old high-school student after she was in a vehicle that collided head-on with another oncoming vehicle. According a report by the Tampa Bay Times, the accident occurred on Smith Road around 11:30 in the morning. Reports…
Florida Man Killed on Disney Attraction
Earlier this month in a tragic accident out of Walt Disney World, one man was killed when the sports car he was a passenger in lost control and crashed. According to one local news source, the man, a 36-year-old from Davenport, was a passenger in a Lamborghini in the “Richard…