Automobile Accidents

• Tampa Car Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | November 24, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Bicyclists Beware: Cars May Be Unaware

  Joe Saunders | October 11, 2007 5:20 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Plant City Crash Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | October 10, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Auto Insurance Bodily Injury Bill Likely Not To Be Heard

  Joe Saunders | October 04, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Florida House and Senate Committees Debate Auto Insurance

  Joe Saunders | October 03, 2007 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Motorists May Not See Drop in Insurance Premiums

  Shannon Weidemann | September 12, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  No-fault auto insurance expires on October 1st for those in Florida and many drivers are hoping for lower auto insurance premiums. Drivers will no longer have to purchase $10,000 in personal injury protection insurance. The changes though mean that insurance companies are raising the rates on other items so there may be marginal savings. In fact insurance premiums may go up for some drivers. ...

• DUI Traffic Hazards

  Joe Saunders | September 07, 2007 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In 2005, Pinellas County had 1,631 alcohol-related crashes in Pinellas County, resulting in 1,162 injuries and 39 fatalities. During the same year, Hillsborough County authorities arrested more than 7,000 drivers for suspicion of driving under the influence. Unfortunately, this is still a huge problem in the Tampa Bay area. According to statistics, 38% of traffic deaths in Florida are...

• Hulk Hogan's Son Released from Hospital

  Courtney Mills | August 28, 2007 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Nick Bollea, 17, the son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, was released from Bayfront Medical Center with minor injuries after a terrible car wreck Sunday night around 7:30.According to Clearwater police spokesman Wayne Shelor, Bollea and friend John J. Graziano of Dunedin were driving down State Road 60 in downtown Clearwater when Bollea lost control of his Toyota Supra. Bollea then veered...

• Teenager Injured in Topeka Pedestrian Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 16, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Two people were trying to cross S.W. 21st Street in Topeka when one of them was hit by a car. A 14-year-old girl was injured in the pedestrian accident. The other female stopped in the center turn lane of the five-lane street to wait for passing traffic, Thompson said. The victim continued running and was struck by a white car traveling east in the left-hand lane on S.W. 21st.When police...

• Three Killed when Minneapolis Bridge Collapses

  Chrissie Cole | August 01, 2007 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A Minneapolis bridge carrying a major highway collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour, Wednesday. At least three people were killed when vehicles were thrown into the river during the bridge collapse, officials report.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington said there was no indication of terrorism involved in the accident. A 500-foot (150-metre) span of the...