Category Archives: Car Accidents
The Deadliest Holidays on the Road
There are holidays all across the calendar in this country, oftentimes bringing family across the miles together in celebration. But with all those extra vehicles on the road, the chance for an increase in roadway traffic accidents goes up, too. Causes for the Increase in Accidents In addition to the sheer volume of vehicles… Read More »
Expansion to Florida’s Move Over Law
When a car struck a disabled vehicle on the side of I-10 one early Saturday morning, it sent the driver to the hospital. A similar situation on State Road 429 had more serious consequences; the driver of the disabled vehicle was killed, and the motorist who crashed into her required hospitalization for minor injuries…. Read More »
When Poor Vehicle Maintenance Leads to an Accident
Drivers have lots to think about when they’re on the road. Besides worrying about how to get where they’re headed, motorists have to focus on following the rules of the road—paying attention to the speed limit, signaling when appropriate, and avoiding drivers who seem to be in a big rush. These things, on top… Read More »
Unlicensed Drivers Are A Danger To Others
When a carload of teens careened down Alligator Alley, it smashed into an SUV carrying seven people. When the SUV overturned, there were injuries. Worse, a nine-year-old little girl was killed. The teen responsible for the crash took off on foot, and when the law eventually caught up with him, he confessed that he’d… Read More »
Common Serious Or Fatal Vehicle Accidents
Nobody anticipates the possibility of fatalities when they get in their vehicles. Yet, roughly 40,000 fatal accidents occur across the country annually—over 3,000 of them right here in the Sunshine State. Collisions have lethal consequences under many circumstances. The most common types of fatal crashes, however, include the following: Head-On Collisions Most first responders… Read More »
Drivers Must Respond Appropriately To Emergency Vehicles
Do you know what to do if you are driving and see emergency vehicles with their lights on and sirens blaring? Most drivers understand that flashing lights in their rearview mirror means they have to pull over. But many don’t realize that if an emergency vehicle is pulled over on the roadside ahead of… Read More »
Fog And Smoke Combine For Tragedy
A fiery crash involving multiple vehicles on I-95 in east-Central Florida resulted in three fatalities, along with multiple hospitalizations. Officials report that smoke from a prescribed fire close by combined with fog to create treacherous conditions that motorists came upon abruptly and unexpectedly in the wee hours of the morning one weekday in March… Read More »
The Tragedy Of Hit And Run Accidents
It was a horrendous accident—one that literally split a ’96 Chevy Impala in two. According to Miami officials, an Infinity was barreling down 7th Avenue when it smashed through the Impala, slamming it into a third vehicle and ejecting the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Impala was… Read More »
Fiery Crashes
The only thing more tragic than a fatal collision is a fiery fatal collision. And that is exactly the horrendous outcome that occurred for a man and his young daughter on Kissimmee Bay Blvd late one Thursday in September 2021. After swaying off of the road for unknown reasons, the vehicle smashed into a… Read More »
Florida Drunk Driving Tragedy
0.244 percent: that was a driver’s blood alcohol level late one January 2021 evening as he careened into a 45-year-old pedestrian at over 110 miles per hour. The driver commented that first responders should “chill,” because he was only intoxicated. A few yards away, the victim lay dead. Four children would never see their… Read More »
