Automobile Accidents

• Former Plant High Cheeleader Killed in Car Wreck

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-04T13:45:55 | 0 Comments

  A Former Plant High cheerleader was killed the other day in an early morning car crash around 3:00am, say authorities, when she lost control of her car on U.S. 41 in south Florida.Mary Taafe, 18, of Tampa was a recent graduate of Plant High in Tampa, Florida and was attending Florida Gulf Coast University when she and a friend were out Friday evening. Police say that Taafe and a friend were...

• Hit and Run Driver Hurt When Chased After Auto Accident

  Ed Normand | 2007-09-04T13:42:35 | 0 Comments

  A woman driving a Honda south near UCF in Orlando rear ended another car in a minor crash. No problem until she left the scene in a hit and run. The car that was hit chased the woman until she crashed her car into a tree. What was a minor accident subject to a careless driving ticket may result in jail time for leaving the scene and reckless driving in leaving the scene. Thus a simple auto...

• Bus Crash Hurts 11 Kids

  Ed Normand | 2007-09-04T13:25:22 | 0 Comments

  11 children were hurt in a single vehicle bus crash in Hillsborough County Florida today. The bus driver ran a curb went off the road and crashed near some trees. 11 of the kids went to the hospital for treatment. The bus driver was issued a ticket for careless driving in causing the auto accident. The bus driver was also cited for failing to wear a seat belt. What kind of example is that...

• Fatal bus stop wreck in Raleigh

  Dan Deuterman | 2007-09-04T12:02:40 | 0 Comments

  A fatal wreck in Raleigh has a neighborhood up in arms and complaining not enough is being done to stop speeding in the area. Jason Daniel Oliver, 28, is accused of hitting two men standing at a bus stop after he lost control of his car while traveling 66 mph in a 35 mph zone on Buck Jones Road near Bashford Road in Raleigh. Police said he was driving drunk and will be charged with...

• Hit and Run Driver Gets Jail Time

  Ed Normand | 2007-09-04T11:57:47 | 0 Comments

  The driver of a hit and run vehicle that struck and killed a 13-year-old boy who was skating across a State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs Floriida. The victim was in a crosswalk and it was almost dark when he got hit in the car v. pedestrian auto accident. The driver did not even have a driver's license when he crashed into the boy. He tried to cover it up by leaving the scene, fixing the...

• Girl Dies in Mine Shaft ATV Accident

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-04T10:42:46 | 0 Comments

  A 13-year-old Rikki Howard and her 10-year-old half-sister Casie Hicks were riding on the rolling hills of Arizona in a three-wheeled ATV and were seriously injured Saturday in an ATV accident, when their vehicle suddenly tore down a 125-foot mine shaft. The Arizona hilly countryside apparently obscured the opening to the mineshaft, and the girls' vehicle fell right into it.According to media...

• Barren County Wreck Kills One

  Lee Coleman | 2007-09-04T09:58:24 | 0 Comments

  An accident Saturday on I-65 in Barren County claimed the life of an Elizabethtown woman who was traveling with her family. The Chevrolet Tahoe was towing a 20-foot travel trailer when the trailer began to sway the driver lost control of the vehicle. The Tahoe then left the road and hit a rock wall and overturned. The Elizabethtown woman died at the scene of the accident. The driver was treated...

• Plane Crash in Tennessee Kills 5 Ministers

  Jenny Albano | 2007-09-03T22:51:01 | 0 Comments

  A plane crash the morning of Saturday, September 1 killed all five passengers. The plane crashed in the Cherokee National Forest on Holston Mountain and the crash sight was not discovered for at least eight hours after the accident, when another pilot spotted the wreck. All five passengers were ministers, one was thought to be the pilot of the small plane.The single-engine Beech Bonanza...

• Pedestrian Accident May Lead To Criminal Charges

  M. Brandon Smith | 2007-09-03T20:31:21 | 0 Comments

  In a tragic turn of events, a pregnant mother who was struck by an 18 year-old driver recently succumbed to her injuries stemming from a pedestrian accident the occurred on August 24, 2007. According to authorities, Djuana Thomas, 22 weeks pregnant at the time, was crossing Mobile Street pushing her daughter Samiya Jordan in a stroller when the 18 year old driver struck both her and her 1...

• Minimum Required Florida Car Accident Insurance

  Ed Normand | 2007-09-03T10:17:57 | 0 Comments

  The newspapers have been writing about the expiration of the requirement to purchase Personal Injury Protection insurance or no fault automobile accident insurance coverage (PIP) in Florida. While there is debate even among personal injury lawyers about the merits of PIP and its expiration there is also confusion regarding what coverage is required once PIP is gone on October 1st. Originally...