Posts tagged auto accidents

• Auto Safety Bill for Children Approved by the Senate

  Sandy Grinnell | February 18, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In response to the number of children killed each year in "non-traffic" auto accidents, the Senate has approved a bill which was sent to President Bush last Thursday. Last year there were 230 children killed from being backed over, choked by electric windows, or run over by cars that rolled out of park. The safety features include an interlock brake system that prevents cars from being moved...

• Baby Left Behind in Hit and Run Accident

  Sandy Grinnell | February 14, 2008 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A five-month old baby, who was not in a child seat, was reportedly left behind by her father who was later arrested on hit and run accident. Orlando PD were chasing down what they thought was a stolen vehicle when the driver sped off. Shortly after OPD found the vehicle that had been in an automobile accident at South Street and OBT. When the police approached the vehicle they were surprised...

• Tragic Accident Strikes Pompano Beach Family

  Sandy Grinnell | February 13, 2008 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A little boy, only 4 years-old, tragically lost his life last Friday night in a car driven by his 23 year-old mother. The young boy was riding in the front seat of a Ford Contour, unfortunately not wearing his seatbelt, when his mother lost control of the vehicle. The car left her lane of traffic, travelled across into the opposite lane, and struck another vehicle. The driver and two other...

• I-4 Shut Down Again Earlier Today

  Sandy Grinnell | February 08, 2008 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida Highway Patrol had I-4 eastbound closed this morning from around 4:00 am near Saxon Boulevard. A Volusia County sheriff's car was hit by a Buick going about 70 miles an hour which caused the patrol car to burst into flames. The sheriiff was transporting 2 prisoners at the time, and one of them was sent to the hospital. After hitting the patrol car, the Buick crashed into a...

• Pedestrian Fatality Shuts Down I-4

  Sandy Grinnell | February 07, 2008 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Orlando Police Department shut down all 4 lanes of I-4 for about 2 hours this morning due to a pedestrian fatality. The man tried to cross the highway and was hit and killed. He was only struck by the one car and that driver stopped immediately. OPD said there appeared to be no disabled vehicle that the victim could have been walking from.It is not only illegal to walk or cross any interstate...

• 9 Tickets Issued In Jan I-4 Deadly Crash

  Ed Normand | February 06, 2008 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In non final report on the deadly I-4 crash in January the Florida Highway Patrol has blamed the crash on nine drivers cited for driving carelessly by driving too closely and without due regard for the foggy conditions on the highway. Although the FHP investigation is not complete and will not be finished for several months, at this point FHP blames fog and not smoke from a nearby controlled...

• State Agency Cleared of Fault in I-4 Crash

  Ed Normand | February 06, 2008 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a report issued by the Florida Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, the State Division of Forestry has been exonerated as a contributing cause of the fiery January car and truck accident on I-4. The report concludes that unpredictable changes in the weather caused the fire to burn out of the control area. In a related finding FHP has issued its preliminary report indicating that driver...

• Fatal Crash Closes I-4 on Super Bowl Sunday

  Diego Madrigal | February 04, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A fatal wreck closed four westbound lanes of I-4 Sunday night. The accident happened a mile east of the St. John's River Bridge near the Volusia and Seminole County border. At around 8pm a speeding vehicle clipped another and lost control, causing the speeding vehicle to spin across the other westbound lanes. The spinning caused the driver to be thrown from his car and he was instantly killed...

• Cell Phone Suit

  Bruce Gibson | January 31, 2008 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It would seem that we all agree that driving a vehicle and talking on a cell phone is a distraction that endangers the driver/user of the cell phone, as well as everyone else on the road. Last year, a Florida jury found that a distracted driver had caused the crash which resulted in the death of another motorist. The lawyers for the cell phone user admitted to the jury that their client was at...

• Hillsborough County to Get Red Light Cameras at Major Intersections

  Joe Saunders | January 17, 2008 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Hillsborough County Commission voted unanimously last evening to obtaining cameras at major intersections throughout the county. Advocates of the red light cameras say that the cameras save lives and deter would be red-light runners. The statistics show there's a problem in Tampa Bay with motorists running red lights. Hillsborough County Sheriff's issued 3,784 red light citations last...