Posts tagged pedestrian

• Plant City Train Accident Injures Pedestrian

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2008 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two pedestrians were injured in two seperated incidents about 15 hours apart from each other in Plant City. Both men were hit by trains. The pedestrian accidents happened on Thursday.In the first acciden two men were walking west on the CSX tracks west of Waller Street, not far from Wheeler Street, when a train hauling chemicals approached, police said. Raymond was able to get out of the way...

• Headphones, Pedestrians and Railroad Tracks Don't Mix

  Eddie Farah | October 26, 2009 5:35 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  This is a very sad story to report out of Auburndale, Florida. An 18-year-old high school student was walking along Amtrak train tracks wearing headphones and apparently didn’t hear an...

• Why Have Pedestrian Accidents Been Increasing?

  Ed Normand | December 20, 2011 10:38 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL 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...

• Florida Students Forced To Walk To School Along Dangerous Roads

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | November 10, 2011 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Young students in Florida are at risk when walking to school in the morning before sunrise, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Reporters spoke with 15-year-old Tabitha Freeman, who makes the walk to...

• 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...

• What Should Be Done to Curb Jaywalking?

  Sandy Grinnell | October 28, 2009 4:12 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When police try to enforce jaywalking laws, it's often a cause for a lot of verbal bashing by the anti-government, anti-establishment types and even some city officials. See what happened last July...

• Latest Pedestrian v. Auto Accident Statistics

  Ed Normand | January 30, 2009 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued the latest statistics on accidents involving pedestrians and motor vehicles in the United States. The report details the number...

• Two Tallahassee School Children Injured in Separate Accidents

  Brian W. Smith | October 14, 2008 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two children were injured in separate accidents in Tallahassee this morning. Both were on their way to school when they were struck by vehicles. Around 7:30 a.m., the Tallahassee Police Department...

• Roads Are For Pedestrians Too

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2006 5:28 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, while reading a news report, I remembered a tragic death in Pinellas County a few years ago. I represented the family of a wonderful women who was killed while trying to walk across US 19 in Palm Harbor. She was returning home from work and was crossing the roadway at an intersection which did not have a crosswalk or traffic signal. It was in a stretch of US 19 without any nearby...

• Jaywalking With Children May Be A Felony In Florida

  Bob Carroll | October 02, 2005 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida prosecutors may file felony charges against mothers who jaywalk with children. Orange County prosecutors are asking local police to arrest mothers seen crossing streets with children outside of a crosswalk. They believe offenders can be charged with felony child neglect.Florida prosecutors are advancing a plan to levy felony charges against mothers who jaywalk with children - the...