Posts tagged auto accident

• Do Cell Phones Cause Auto Accidents

  Ed Normand | December 14, 2007 10:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently a very large jury verdict was entered in a case where one of the main issues was whether or not the drivir who caused the car accident was talking on a cell phone while driving. Currently, Florida has not legislation directly prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving. Further there is no specific law prohibiting the sending of text messages or emails or web surfing while...

• Man Crushed in Tampa Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | December 12, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was killed in a car accident in Tampa on Sunday. A man was working on his van while it was parked in a driveway of a residence. He placed the car in reverse and it hit the car that was parked behind the van, which then struck the victim. The victim was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital, authorities said. The death appears to be accidental, deputies said.The two men both lived in...

• World Record For Man Hit By Car

  Ed Normand | December 09, 2007 9:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There are many ways to get in the Guinness Book of World Records but some seem easier than others. A good Samaritan who stopped to help out the victims of an auto accident made it the hard way. The man was hit by a car and thrown in the air for 118 feet--a world record. The distance entitled him to a world record actually called "Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident" . Thankfully...

• Nine Year-Old Killed in Float Accident in Plant City

  Jenny Albano | December 08, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A nine-year old boy was killed after he was run over by a float in the Plant City Christmas parade on Friday night, December 7. Apparently, the float accident occurred near the end of the parade route. The boy, who has not been identified to the press, was walking on the parade route handing out candy for the Greater Heights Worship Center float. He went back to the float to grab more candy...

• Longstanding Effects of Brain Injury

  Ed Normand | December 03, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While we are all familiar with the obvious signs of a major head injury, subtle effects can remain forever unnoticed even by the family or the patient!! An interesting study of the long term effects of brain injury succinctly evaluates some of the long term less obvious problems that head injury victims face. Sometimes unrecognized, but nevertheless very real, symptoms of brain trauma...

• FHP: 27 Killed in Auto Accidents over Thanksgiving

  Diego Madrigal | November 29, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Twenty seven (27) people were killed over the Thanksgiving Holiday in auto accidents investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol. Despite both the law and common knowledge, many of those killed were not wearing their seatbelts. In fact, 80% of those killed in vehicles equipped with safety belts were not wearing the seat belts! Additional tidbits are that there were 26 fatal crashes, 15 of...

• Death and 8 injuries in turnpike car accident

  Ed Normand | November 25, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A tragic auto accident on the turnpike near Yeehaw Junction resulted in the death of one man, and 7 others injured including 5 children. It was a one car accident. According to the FHP none of the passengers in the vehicle were wearing seatbelts. The SUV was headed north on the Turnpike, near mile marker 189, when it went in the center median. The SUV then rolled over twice. All nine of the...

• Tampa Car Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | November 24, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man driving a car through the streets of Tampa was killed in an accident involving a utility pole. The car accident happened on Wednesday morning. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The police believe that the car rolled over once before coming to rest. Police say a a car hit a wooden power pole just before 1 a.m. The man driving was killed at the scene.Police say a male...

• Nations School Buses to Add Safety Features

  Sandy Grinnell | November 20, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  New federal safety rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the U.S. Department of Transportation are intended to make America's 474,000 school buses safer when involved in traffic accidents. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters rode along in a school bus with children from Morrisville Elementary School this week wearing her three-point seatbelt, which is...

• Buckle Up, America. Thanksgiving is Coming!

  Sandy Grinnell | November 18, 2007 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In an effort to reduce the number of auto accidents and traffic fatalities this Thanksgiving, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking everyone to please use their seatbelts. During the 2005 Thanksgiving holiday, there were 732 deaths on America's highways and 367, or 50%, of those victims were not properly restrained. Although the percentage of Americans who wear their...