Automobile Accidents

• Jaywalking With Children May Be A Felony In Florida

  Bob Carroll | October 02, 2005 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• 50th Anniversary of the Death of James Dean In A Car-Truck Crash

  Bob Carroll | September 30, 2005 4:53 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  We pay our respects to a 24 year old actor and legend who was tragically killed in a car-truck accident on September 30 1955. Dean was headed to Paso Robles. Donald Turnupseed, driving a Ford pickup truck, tried to make a left turn off Highway 41. The promising future of James Dean makes his death particulaly tragic, but all of us have a future we should not risk on the assumption that the...

• Tampa Streets Dangerous to Pedestrians and Cyclists

  Shannon Weidemann | April 24, 2008 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Last year 204 people were injured on the streets of Tampa, either walking or on bicycles. Ten people were killed in pedestrian accidents and 3 were killed riding on bikes. They were all hit by cars...

• Motorcycle and SUV Collision Kills 2 on Deadly U.S. 19

  Jenny Albano | January 09, 2008 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A motorcycle and a SVU collided on the morning of January 7, killing the driver of both vehicles. The motorcycle ran into the SUV on U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor and then burst into flames. Witnesses said the motorcycle was going over 100 mph when it hit the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban that was turning in front of it.Since both of the vehicles went up inflames the bodies of the drivers are...

• Teen Survives Twice Hit-and-Run

  Courtney Mills | October 24, 2007 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Car Accident Crash Report Released in Bollea Case

  Joe Saunders | October 19, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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.

• St. Petersburg Auto Crash Causes Death

  Joe Saunders | September 26, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  An auto passenger was killed and three people were seriously injured on interstate 275 last night by a driver going the wrong way on the interstate. The accident was caused by two criminals who were trying to escape from the police. The Saint Petersburg police were chasing the suspects on St. Petersburg city streets at 2:30 in the morning when the suspects entered the interstate going the...

• Florida University Student Killed in Crosswalk

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A student at the University of Central Florida was killed after being hit in a crosswalk on Alafaya Trail. The pedestrian accident happened early on Wednesday morning. The victim was 18-years-old and from Sarasota. The victim was struck first by a Volkswagen Jetta in the outside lane, then knocked into the middle lane where he was hit by a Toyota Corolla, according to the accident report.A...

• Boy, 10, Seriously Injured when Van Crashes

  Chrissie Cole | June 24, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A 10-year-old boy suffered serious injury in a car accident, when the crowded minivan he was traveling in, with 10 other people, blew a tire and spun into a guardrail.The 2002 Chrysler Town & Country minivan transporting eleven children and adults, required more than 12 ambulances and fire trucks to show up on the scene of the accident.The accident left the vehicle resting in the emergency lane....

• Leaving Child in Car in Florida Could Become Felony

  Shannon Weidemann | June 14, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It is never a good idea to leave a child unattended in car and in the summer heat it could be deadly. The temperature inside of a closed car can easily rise 10 degrees in 5 minutes. The governor is about to sign a new law that makes leaving a child in a car a felony if the child dies or suffers injury. "Their body temperature starts going up. It's a massive effect. It gets to the point,...