Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Tampa Bay

A man driving a car through the streets of Tampa was killed in an accident involving a utility pole. The car accident happened on Wednesday morning. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The police believe that the car rolled over once before coming to rest. Police say a a car hit a wooden power pole just before 1 a.m. The man driving was killed at the scene.Police say a male...

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A 29-year-old married father of two children died after leaving his car to help at the scene of an accident in Tampa on Interstate 75. The car accident happened early on Sunday morning. He was hit by a car that hit one of the cars from the original accident. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, one driver rear-ended another, causing one of the cars to roll over.Two other cars pulled over...

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A sixteen-year-old was run over twice by passing cars on Sunday night in Land O' Lakes and survived. Michael Mauritzen was walking after hours on Thys Road Sunday night when the right mirror of a passing minivan struck him in the back, knocking him right off his feet and ripping the mirror off the van.Michael was then run over completely by a Ford Taurus as he lay on the ground writhing in...

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The Clearwater Police Department has released its report concerning the August 26th auto accident involving Nick Bollea, son of wrestling star Hulk Hogan. The report cites the obvious: speeding on a wet roadway led to the crash. Toxicology reports have not been completed yet. John Graziano, the passenger in the vehicle at the time of the auto accident, remains in critical condition.

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A Michigan man was seriously injured as a result of a one-vehicle accident on Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. early this morning. The police are investigating to determine the cause of the crash. The driver, Geoffrey H. Malek, was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and is listed in critical condition. There is no word yet if he was wearing his seat belt.

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As the weather starts to turn cooler in Tampa Bay, more people will turn to their bikes for recreation and exercise. Pinellas County is fortunate to have the Pinellas Trail among other bike trails. Yet, those who choose an alternative route other than the bike trails may be choosing a perilous route. PInellas County roads are often overcrowded and many have an inadequate or no breakdown lane...

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A 17-year-old girl from Brandon was killed in a car accident in Plant City on Friday night. It was storming badly at the time of the accident and the weather may have been a factor. A car headed eastbound turned in front of a car headed the other direction. They collided sending many people to the hospital with injuries. Eight others were taken to hospitals with injuries after the...

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Eventhough the Florida Legislature passed a new Auto Insurance No-Fault Law, it is still important for Florida drivers to have uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage as part of their auto insurance policies. Florida law still does not require that drivers have bodily injury liability coverage to pay damages for liability claims. Uninsured and underinsured auto insurance provides insurance...

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After Thursday's move to cap attorney fees in auto accident cases derailed PIP, the House stripped the controversial provision from the bill. The Florida Senate had vowed not to pass a PIP bill with attorney fee caps. In the compromise measure, the Florida House has agreed to drop the $10,000 fee cap so it looks like PIP will be restored at some point.

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Republican Florida house members added amendments to the no-fault auto insurance bill that would limit the rights of consumers to pay their lawyers in lawsuits for denied claims against insurance companies. Under these new amendments persons injured in auto accidents would likely have difficulty getting a lawyer to help them make legitimate claims against their own insurance company to recover...

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A Florida legislative bill by Senators Dave Aronberg and J.D. Alexander to require Florida drivers to have bodily injury liability insurance coverage for car accidents may not be heard in this legislative session. The current special session of the legislature has PIP personal injury protection insurance and property tax budgeting bills on the agenda. However, the legislative rules calling the...

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The Florida Senate Committee is ready to vote on a new no-fault auto insurance law that would take effect on February 15 2008. The house committee is concerned about the gap period in the Florida no-fault personal injury protection insurance and are discussing changes in the auto insurance bill. Concerns have been expressed about the state's requirement that insurance companies have their rates...

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The Florida Senate Committee is ready to vote on a new no-fault auto insurance law that would take effect on February 15 2008. The house committee is concerned about the gap period in the Florida no-fault personal injury protection insurance and are discussing changes in the auto insurance bill. Concerns have been expressed about the state's requirement that insurance companies have their rates...

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The day after the Florida Gov. Charlie Crist put auto insurance on the legislative special session agenda the house and senate committees are in sharp disagreeement over returning to a different form of no-fault auto accident liability insurance or having a pure fault based liability system. The no-fault auto insurance system that expired this week required that all drivers purchase no fault...

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Florida Governor Charlie Crist has added consideration of Florida no-fault auto insurance to the state legislative special session. The Florida no-fault auto insurance law expired yesterday after the Florida legislature failed to renew the law last this year. Under the no-fault auto insurance law system that has been in effect in Florida for over three decades a person injured in a auto accident...

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