Posts tagged Pedestrian Accidents

• Hit and Run Driver Kills Tampa Man in Wheelchair

  Shannon Weidemann | March 07, 2008 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man in a wheelchair was killed by a hit and run driver in Tampa on Sunday. The pedestrian accident happened at Main Street and Rome Avenue. He was hit by an unidentified pickup truck. The victim was hit by a brown Ford pickup truck that ran a red light, and they say the driver was trying to avoid another car when they hit the wheelchair. After the crash, they say the driver never...

• Brooksville Man Dies in Hit and Run Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2008 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was killed in a hit and run accident after being struck by a car in Brooksville. The pedestrian accident happened early Monday morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa where he later died. The driver of the car that hit the victim left the scene of the accident. The driver of the car, Jason Morgan Blair, 29, of Brooksville, faces a felony charge of leaving the...

• Plant City Train Accident Injures Pedestrian

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2008 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, 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...

• Pedestrian Accident Injures Woman in Syracuse

  Shannon Weidemann | November 27, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 20-year-old woman in Syracuse was hit by a car on Sunday afternoon. The pedestrian accident happened at Midland Ave. and W. Brighton Ave. The victim was crossing Midland Ave when she was hit by a minivan. There is a light at the intersection and police are trying to determine who had the right of way at the time of the crash.The victim was taken to a local hosptial to be treated for...

• Florida University Student Killed in Crosswalk

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

  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...

• Teenager Injured in Topeka Pedestrian Accident

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

  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...

• Pedestrian Hit by Five Cars and Killed on I-4

  Shannon Weidemann | August 08, 2007 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man trying to cross Interstate 4 near I-75 was hit by five cars and killed. There were heavy rains at the time and only one driver stopped. The victim is believed to be a 49-year-old man from Brandon. The pedestrian accident was witnessed by a couple that was working on their truck alongside the road. FHP investigators said the man had reached the interstate's center lane when an unknown...

• Pedestrian Hit by Two Cars in Pompano Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | June 24, 2007 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman was out walking on an overpass for the Florida Turnpike in Pompano Beach when she was struck by a car. She fell onto the freeway and was hit by another car. The pedestrian accident happened on Saturday morning. The impact sent the woman over a barrier wall and onto the inside northbound lane of the Turnpike where she was struck again by another car.Neither motorist stopped, the...

• San Francisco Pedestrian Injured in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 29, 2007 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A hit and run driver in San Francisco struck an elderly pedestrian as he was crossing the road. The pedestrian accident happened at the intersection of California Street and Hyde Street. "He ended up on the hood of the vehicle and the vehicle continued for about 25 feet with the victim on the hood," Gittens said. "The suspect stopped the vehicle, and the victim rolled off the hood onto the...

• Lakeland Pedestrian Killed by Truck

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An 89-year-old man from Lakeland was killed when he was trying to cross State Road 37. He was struck by a freight truck. The pedestrian accident happened at the intersection with County Road 540A. The victim walked into the front left side of the truck's trailer. He was airlifted to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.The driver of the truck was not hurt. The...