Posts tagged car accidents

• Gibsonton Woman Dies in Car Crash

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-24T10:57:40 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Gibsonton woman died late Thursday afternoon in a car crash with a Ford Expedition and veering into a lake.Sheila Creel's red Mazda was struck at the intersection of Gornto Lake Road and Providence Lakes Boulevard by a large Ford Expedition, which sent her car flying into the pond that abuts the intersection.According to media reports, two drivers in the car behind the Expedition got out at...

• Serious Car Accident in Lee County - 4 people injured

  Joseph Bernardo | 2008-03-12T09:56:56 | 0 Comments 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.

• Texting While Driving-A New Study Shows How Dangerous it is

  Joe Saunders | 2009-07-28T10:27:16 | 1 Comment Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new study demonstrating the extreme danger of texting while driving appeared on the front page of the NY Times today. The study involved installing video equipment in the cabs of long haul...

• Single Car Wreck Kills Five Men in Ocala

  Jenny Albano | 2008-01-28T01:00:55 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, January 26, a car smashed into a tree killing five young men in Ocala.A car traveling at high speed down a private airport runway ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree early Saturday, killing all five young men in the vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.Investigators were unsure if the car was driving alone or if the vehicle was racing...

• Girl Dies in Fatal Fort Myers Car Crash

  Christina Cole | 2007-01-20T18:33:42 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 14-year-old girl died in a fatal car crash in Fort Myers, on Friday. She was a student at South Fort Myers High School.Breanna Stewart, died after the car that she was a passenger in, ran off the side of the road and flipped. The car accident happened at 8:10 pm, approximately a mile south of Six Mile Cypress Parkway on U.S. 41.Angela Tardiff, the 16-year-old driver of the 200 Honda involved...

• Why Have Pedestrian Accidents Been Increasing?

  Ed Normand | 2011-12-20T10:38:00 | 2 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Pedestrian accidents are increasing nationwide, according to USA Today, and experts are uncertain of the reason. Pedestrian accidents went up 4.2% in 2010 from the year before. The number...

• 13 Car Accident Causes Deaths

  Craig Cannon | 2007-03-14T08:07:17 | 0 Comments Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Heavy fog and smoke on The Florida Turnpike near Orlando caused a 13-vehicle wreck. The crash resulted in 5 wrongful deaths. Four other people were injured. All five deaths occurred during the second crash, Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement. No one was injured in the first or third crashes. Two people from Boynton Beach and one person from Gainesville were killed in the accident. A...

• Car Crash Kills Driver

  Craig Cannon | 2007-05-01T16:29:28 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 19-year-old Silver Springs man died Sunday after a two-car crash. The crash occurred at the intersection of Northwest 145th Avenue Road and County Road 326. After the car crash Joshua Joseph Stacy was transported to Shands Hospital in Gainesville. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Stacy was driving a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier at the time of the crash. Stacy was traveling south on...

• Hit and Run Driver Leaves Ocala Teen in Coma

  Shannon Weidemann | 2007-04-26T14:27:30 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 14-year-old girl from Ocala was hit by a car while walking on her street. The accident left her in a coma. The driver of the car did not stop and fled the scene. The police believe she was hit by the side view mirror of the car. Another driver was able to provide police a description of the car. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said they believed the car was missing a windshield wiper and...

• New York Man Killed in Car Accident in Ocala

  Shannon Weidemann | 2007-01-29T22:04:14 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man from New York was killed when he pulled out onto U.S. 27 in front of an oncoming car. The unidentified 80-year-old man was driving a 2001 Buick. He pulled out of the Howard Johnson parking lot and was hit by a 2004 Chevy Avalanche driven by Michael Grosso, age 77. The driver of the Buick died on the scene. His wife, also age 80, was a passenger in the car and she was airlifted to...