Automobile Accidents

• Under Bad Press Walmart Drops Claim Against Disabled Former Employee

  Ed Normand | April 04, 2008 9:55 AM | 8 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Debbie Shank was an employee of Wal-Mart who was in a trucking accident and sustained horrific permanent brain injury including most of her ability to even communicate and walk. Her medical bills...

• Insurance Institute Recommends Higher Legal Driving Age

  Sandy Grinnell | September 11, 2008 10:42 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After reviewing recent statistics on traffic-related teen deaths, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) will be recommending at its upcoming that states raise the legal driving age to 17...

• 14-Year-Old Dies in Stolen Car Accident

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2008 8:07 PM | 4 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The driver of an allegedly stolen car that crashed into a house Saturday was just a 14-year-old middle schooler. It happened across from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in the St. Nicholas...

• MADD Announces Campaign To Eliminate Drunk Driving

  Bruce Gibson | July 19, 2007 4:31 PM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) recently announced that alcohol-related traffic deaths are at an all time high since 1992 and has called upon Congress to hold immediate hearings to address solutions. According to NHTSA, alcohol-related traffic fatalities exceeded 17,900 for the year 2006, the highest number in 15 years. We all have known people who have lost a loved one in a car crash...

• Texting While Driving PSA Getting Lots of Attention

  Sandy Grinnell | August 25, 2009 12:27 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A British public service announcement is getting a lot of air time these days, and not just on British television but on YouTube. The very graphic PSA depicts a horrific accident that begins with...

• Tougher Seat Belt Laws In Florida

  Eddie Farah | April 29, 2009 11:50 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Ever since Dori Slosberg and Katie Marchetti died in separate auto accidents more than a decade ago, their parents felt their deaths had a higher purpose. Neither young woman was wearing a seat...

• Gainesville Florida Law Enforcment Cracks Down on Drunk Driving

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 16, 2008 4:02 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Gainesville, Florida law enforcement has joined a nationwide effort to increase DUI arrests and hopefully reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths caused by drinking and driving. The...

• Deadly Crash With Train Kills Five in Sanford

  Sandy Grinnell | June 11, 2008 10:04 AM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the deaths of five adults after the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a freight train stopped on the tracks. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the...

• CSX Railroad Train Kills Grandmother

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 08, 2008 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Cynthia Forman, a 58 year old grandmother, was killed yesterday when a CSX railroad train was unable to stop and hit her as she was crossing the tracks in her car. The railroad tracks crossed a...

• I-95 Auto Accident Kills Teen Best Friends

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Amanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...