Posts tagged collision

• The Reason For The Rise In Florida Auto Accident Insurance Fraud

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2012 11:36 AM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fraud related to Florida auto accidents is a huge problem. The cause of the problem is well known: Florida's Personal Injury Protection Insurance (PIP) laws give an automatic $10,000.00 in...

• Semi Crash on I-4 Caused by Sleepy Trucker

  Mike Damaso | September 21, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Another Central Florida crash on Interstate 4 was reported this morning in the Orlando Sentinel, this time as a result of a tired trucker. The sentinel reports that a “sleepy driver” was...

• Surprise Report -- Texting Ban Increases Collisions

  Laurie Briggs | October 06, 2010 10:07 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In 30 of the 50 states, it is illegal to text while driving. It seems entirely reasonable to prohibit something, which common sense tells us is dangerous, right? Surprisingly, the Insurance...

• Florida Enacts "Three Crash" Law To Educate Bad Drivers

  Eddie Farah | January 13, 2010 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  About 1,000 Floridians should expect to soon be sent back to the classroom because of bad driving. A new law in Florida mandates that drivers who are at fault for three crash-related moving...

• Florida Tops List For Pedestrian Deaths

  Eddie Farah | November 14, 2009 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 42-year-old St. Augustine, Florida woman was killed Friday night after authorities say she walked in front of a moving car. Glenadine Harding was crossing Florida 207 when she was hit by a Honda...

• Teen Mother And Unborn Baby Killed in Pickup Crash

  Eddie Farah | September 24, 2009 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Westside Jacksonville family is grieving and making funeral plans for a 19-year-old woman and her unborn baby who died in a collision between two pickup trucks Tuesday afternoon. Eight...

• Mid-Air Collision Over the Hudson

  Jerry H. Trachtman | August 12, 2009 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The recent mid-air collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a single engine aircraft is having the predictable knee-jerk reaction from those who have a public voice, but have no understanding...

• Officers Escorting Harley Dealer Funeral Collide

  Eddie Farah | August 08, 2009 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The irony is pretty amazing. Six officers on motorcycles, escorting a funeral for the late motorcycle dealer, Bruce Rossmeyer in Ormond Beach, Florida, Tuesday, were involved in a crash. The...

• Disney Discovery Denied In Monorail Death

  Eddie Farah | July 16, 2009 9:52 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Lawyers representing the mother of the 21-year-old pilot of a Disney monorail ,who died July 5, have been denied the opportunity to inspect all of the evidence into the death of Austin...

• Two Federal Investigations Into Disney

  Eddie Farah | July 07, 2009 10:30 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  With Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) already conducting a probe, now the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced it too will examine the fatal monorail...