Automobile Accidents

• Tragic Accident Strikes Pompano Beach Family

  Sandy Grinnell | February 13, 2008 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A little boy, only 4 years-old, tragically lost his life last Friday night in a car driven by his 23 year-old mother. The young boy was riding in the front seat of a Ford Contour, unfortunately not wearing his seatbelt, when his mother lost control of the vehicle. The car left her lane of traffic, travelled across into the opposite lane, and struck another vehicle. The driver and two other...

• I-4 Shut Down Again Earlier Today

  Sandy Grinnell | February 08, 2008 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Florida Highway Patrol had I-4 eastbound closed this morning from around 4:00 am near Saxon Boulevard. A Volusia County sheriff's car was hit by a Buick going about 70 miles an hour which caused the patrol car to burst into flames. The sheriiff was transporting 2 prisoners at the time, and one of them was sent to the hospital. After hitting the patrol car, the Buick crashed into a...

• Pedestrian Fatality Shuts Down I-4

  Sandy Grinnell | February 07, 2008 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Orlando Police Department shut down all 4 lanes of I-4 for about 2 hours this morning due to a pedestrian fatality. The man tried to cross the highway and was hit and killed. He was only struck by the one car and that driver stopped immediately. OPD said there appeared to be no disabled vehicle that the victim could have been walking from.It is not only illegal to walk or cross any interstate...

• 9 Tickets Issued In Jan I-4 Deadly Crash

  Ed Normand | February 06, 2008 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In non final report on the deadly I-4 crash in January the Florida Highway Patrol has blamed the crash on nine drivers cited for driving carelessly by driving too closely and without due regard for the foggy conditions on the highway. Although the FHP investigation is not complete and will not be finished for several months, at this point FHP blames fog and not smoke from a nearby controlled...

• State Agency Cleared of Fault in I-4 Crash

  Ed Normand | February 06, 2008 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a report issued by the Florida Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, the State Division of Forestry has been exonerated as a contributing cause of the fiery January car and truck accident on I-4. The report concludes that unpredictable changes in the weather caused the fire to burn out of the control area. In a related finding FHP has issued its preliminary report indicating that driver...

• Fatal Crash Closes I-4 on Super Bowl Sunday

  Diego Madrigal | February 04, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A fatal wreck closed four westbound lanes of I-4 Sunday night. The accident happened a mile east of the St. John's River Bridge near the Volusia and Seminole County border. At around 8pm a speeding vehicle clipped another and lost control, causing the speeding vehicle to spin across the other westbound lanes. The spinning caused the driver to be thrown from his car and he was instantly killed...

• Cell Phone Suit

  Bruce Gibson | January 31, 2008 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  It would seem that we all agree that driving a vehicle and talking on a cell phone is a distraction that endangers the driver/user of the cell phone, as well as everyone else on the road. Last year, a Florida jury found that a distracted driver had caused the crash which resulted in the death of another motorist. The lawyers for the cell phone user admitted to the jury that their client was at...

• Warning Signs of I-4 wreck existed for 20 Hours

  Diego Madrigal | January 11, 2008 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Warning signs existed for 20 hours prior to Wednesday morning's I-4 pile up. The National Weather Service had given Northern Polk County (where the pileup occurred) a 10 out of 10 severe fog warning. The Department of Forestry then told the Florida Highway Patrol to expect dangerous conditions in that area, where a controlled burn was ongoing. This warning from the Department of Forestry is...

• 10 Accidents, 70 Vehicles, 37 Injured, 4 Killed.

  Mike Damaso | January 09, 2008 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 70 car pile up that closed Interstate 4 for more than 12 hours yesterday, injured 37 and killed 4. The wreckage of semis, car, SUVs, and trucks stretched over two miles. The pile was made up of several collisions involving multiple vehicles. The first crash was reported around 4:30 a.m. according to the Orlando Sentinel. Less than 24 hours prior, a controlled forest burn was being...

• Massive I-4 Car Wreck Kills Three; Multiple Injuries Reported

  Courtney Mills | January 09, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The consistent problems that Tampa faces with I-4 traffic were brought into bold bas-relief during rush hour this morning when a fifty car pile-up killed three drivers and injured many more. Police struggled to reroute traffic on I-4 that was at a near standstill from the accident near Lakeland.Traffic on the only major artery into Tampa from Lakeland and Orlando faced almost zero visibility...