Posts tagged accidents

• Motorcyclist Loses Life, Wife Has Critical Injuries

  Sandy Grinnell | March 18, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 60 year-old motorcycle driver crashed his bike into the back of a car as it was turning into a driveway on Sunday near Middleburg Florida. The motorcylce accident threw his wife and him from the bike. They were taken to the Shands hospital in Jacksonville by helicopter where the driver died, but the condition of his wife was not reported. Neither had been wearing a helmet.While the...

• Deadly Car Crash on I-4 Exit Ramp

  Diego Madrigal | March 17, 2008 9:17 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A crash on the I-4 exit ramp to Ivanhoe Boulevard left killed a driver and left 2 passengers critically injured this weekend. The victim was driving his Nissan Altima and attempted to exit the ramp driving too fast. The problem was made worse because recent rainstorms had left the road wet. The Altima drove off the ramp, hit a small tree, spun and hit a big pine tree. The exit ramp at...

• Operation Safe Ride Cracks Down on Spring Break Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | March 15, 2008 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you are thinking about speeding anytime this weekend, forget about it.That's because the Florida Highway Patrol will be monitoring you from aircraft, with lasers, radar and marked and unmarked cars on the Interstates, the Florida Turnpike and major and minor roads.From Friday through Sunday, Operation Safe Ride intends to find speeders who tend to come to Florida for spring break and put the...

• SUV Roof Crushes Kill Motorists

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2008 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In about 35 percent of auto accidents, death occurs where there is a rollover. In a SUV the death rate jumps to 59 percent.The key to surviving the crash, if you are not ejected, is the strength of the vehicle's roof. Right now the federal government is considering increasing roof strength, something that hasn't been done in passengers cars since 1974. The Insurance Institute for Highway...

• Insurance Institute Recommends SUV's Have Stronger Roof Strength

  Sandy Grinnell | March 13, 2008 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has issued a study on the relatiionship of roof strength in SUV's and injuries sustained in an automobile accident involving a rollover. The study reveals that "roof strength definitely influences injury risk."All passenger vehicles currently on the market meet, some even exceed, the governmental standard for roof strength. Yet, 35% of all...

• Jacksonville Roads Get Good Marks

  Eddie Farah | March 12, 2008 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While cracked roads and potholes have been causing motorists to shell out about $400 extra in wear and tear on their cars, a national study says that Jacksonville's roads rank as "good" when compared to the nation. 9 percent are "mediocre" and 4 percent of our roads are rated as poor.The ratings were conducted by the nonprofit research group that focuses on transportation called TRIP, based...

• Serious Car Accident in Lee County - 4 people injured

  Joseph Bernardo | March 12, 2008 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident left occupants of two(2) vehicles injured last night in Lee county. The occupants were taken to the hospital after at least one vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a telephone pole.

• Three Injured in Pensacola Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2008 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in Pensacola on Thursday sent three people to the hospital. The accident involved two cars traveling on Mobile Highway. One car flipped and landed on top of the other car. The first car was stopped, facing west on Boulder Avenue, then pulled out into the path of McClain's vehicle, which was traveling north on Mobile Highway, troopers said. McClain's vehicle collided with the...

• Critical Injuries in Hit and Run Accident

  Sandy Grinnell | March 10, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 21 year-old woman was critically injured and her 20 year-old male passenger was seriously injured in a hit and run near Panama City Florida last Friday. It was felt that rain-slick conditions contributed to the two car crash. The vehicle that left the scene was a white or silver Scion that drove into the path of the the GMC Blazer. The Blazer hit the Scion and rolled over, throwing both...

• Atlantic Blvd. Auto Accident Kills One

  Eddie Farah | March 09, 2008 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There is nothing more frightening that thinking that a drunk person may be behind the wheel of the car next to you.Several motorists were frightened Sunday when a pickup truck truck speeded down Atlantic Avenue then lost control and flew into the air. After going airborne the vehicle flipped over the median landing on top of another car this afternoon.Police investigating the scene say they...