Posts tagged Auto Accidents

• Proposed STANDUP Federal Act Driving to Save Lives

  Sandy Grinnell | April 24, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just as high school prom season is about to start, the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act and the SafeRoads4Teens campaign were announced in Washington DC yesterday. U.S....

• Hulkster Sued For Son's Car Crash

  Ed Normand | March 26, 2008 9:35 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Hulkster, Terry Bollea, and his wife, Linda, were recently sued for injuries caused by their 17-year-old son Nick Bollea in a recent auto accident. Nick Bollea was driving and crashed into a tree in Clearwater, Florida. The passenger in the car was severely injured, is permanently disabled, and will require extensive medical care for the rest of his life. Some newspapers are claiming...

• Sad Day for Contruction Workers' Family

  Sandy Grinnell | March 26, 2008 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 49 year-old man and his 24 year-old son were both killed in the same accident on Florida's Turnpike yesterday morning. The Inverness residents were part of a construction crew wroking on the guardrails just north of the US 301 exit. It was reported that a car collided with the back of a semi trailer and then flew over the guard rail. The two men were repairing the back side of the rail and...

• Fraudulent Accident Ring-leader Admits Guilt

  Sandy Grinnell | March 23, 2008 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man from the Miami-Dade area was convicted and another was arrested this week in connection with PIP fraud perpetrated on insurance companies in South Florida resulting from fake automobile accidents. Alex Sink, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, said this was the fourth and final arrest made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud's (DIF) investigation into an insurance fraud ring based...

• 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Single Car Crash

  Mike Damaso | March 19, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Orlando Sentinel reported on a crash occurring early Sunday morning in East Orange County. Around 2:30 a.m., a woman was driving a '98 Ford Mustang south on West Christmas Road near Fort Christmas when she failed to negotiate a curve and struck a concrete culvert on the east shoulder. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers were ejected and suffered injuries, one minor and...

• Motorcyclist Loses Life, Wife Has Critical Injuries

  Sandy Grinnell | March 18, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 60 year-old motorcycle driver crashed his bike into the back of a car as it was turning into a driveway on Sunday near Middleburg Florida. The motorcylce accident threw his wife and him from the bike. They were taken to the Shands hospital in Jacksonville by helicopter where the driver died, but the condition of his wife was not reported. Neither had been wearing a helmet.While the...

• Deadly Car Crash on I-4 Exit Ramp

  Diego Madrigal | March 17, 2008 9:17 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A crash on the I-4 exit ramp to Ivanhoe Boulevard left killed a driver and left 2 passengers critically injured this weekend. The victim was driving his Nissan Altima and attempted to exit the ramp driving too fast. The problem was made worse because recent rainstorms had left the road wet. The Altima drove off the ramp, hit a small tree, spun and hit a big pine tree. The exit ramp at...

• Insurance Institute Recommends SUV's Have Stronger Roof Strength

  Sandy Grinnell | March 13, 2008 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has issued a study on the relatiionship of roof strength in SUV's and injuries sustained in an automobile accident involving a rollover. The study reveals that "roof strength definitely influences injury risk."All passenger vehicles currently on the market meet, some even exceed, the governmental standard for roof strength. Yet, 35% of all...

• Critical Injuries in Hit and Run Accident

  Sandy Grinnell | March 10, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 21 year-old woman was critically injured and her 20 year-old male passenger was seriously injured in a hit and run near Panama City Florida last Friday. It was felt that rain-slick conditions contributed to the two car crash. The vehicle that left the scene was a white or silver Scion that drove into the path of the the GMC Blazer. The Blazer hit the Scion and rolled over, throwing both...

• Heavy Rains Cause Two Semi-Tractor Accidents

  Sandy Grinnell | March 07, 2008 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two tractor-trailers crashed in unrelated accidents at the same overpass on I-4 in Winter Park last night.At about 11:30 pm a semi lost control on the Wymore overpass and crashed into the guardrail. The tractor ended up hanging over Wymore Road. There were no reports on the condition of the driver, but it took workers serveral hours to clean up the fuel spill.Then at 3:30 am another...