Florida updates in category: Automobile Accidents

With what appears will be the new Alabama minimum property damage requirements for auto insurance, Florida is now in a three-way tie for having the lowest minimum auto insurance requirements. In...

With the high price of gas, consumers are looking to high gas mileage vehicles when buying a new car. New to the U.S. market in this category is the 2008 Smart ForTwo, two seater micro car. It's...

In a press release marking the 20th anniversary of the deadliest drunk driving accident in U.S. history, the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) is asking each state to adopt

On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, a man was killed when he lost control of a vehicle in east Orange County near the University of Central Florida. An article in the Orlando Sentinel...

A woman walking in Spring Hill was killed by a car on Monday night. The pedestrian accident happened on U.S. 41. She was walking with another person when she was hit. The pedestrians both of...

Allstate Insurance has ranked three Florida cities as the top three in their "Teen Driving Hotspots"rankings in teenage auto accident fatalities. These rankings are the result of Allstate's study of...

Cynthia Forman, a 58 year old grandmother, was killed yesterday when a CSX railroad train was unable to stop and hit her as she was crossing the tracks in her car. The railroad tracks crossed a...

A four-vehicle wreck south of Fernandina Beach killed two and injured four others Wednesday. Police say that the wreck may have been intentional. Just after 1:30 pm, a pickup truck being driven...

Gainesville/Alachua County will begin a crackdown on enforcing a five year old law requiring drivers to move over to avoid police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks on the side of the road. The move...

The Florida legislature missed a chance to keep our teens safer while driving. Both the House and the Senate had bills before them that prohibited teens from using electronic devices while driving...

Are Florida’s lawyers spending less time helping those who cannot afford to pay? The Florida Bar, reports that the number of hours Florida lawyers donate to the poor every year is on the decline,...

The recent serious car and school bus crash at a local dangerous intersection has apparently prompted action to get a street light installed. Things are now moving faster after a woman and her...

Often times a hit-and-run driver is never apprehended. They get away knowing they can get away with it. That was not the case with the driver who hit Darryl Green. Darryl Green was in the wrong...

A school bus and car collided at a dangerous intersection this afternoon injuring students from a local school and the passengers in the car. The intersection at Surfside and Veterans has no traffic...

High speed chases usually end badly. When law enforcement tries to apprehend a suspect through residential neighborhoods, innocent bystanders are frequently the victims. By NHTSA's estimates three...