A 14-year-old skateboarder was thinking about everything but getting into a fatal pedestrian accident in Taramac. According to the Sun Sentinel, the Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that the young skateboarder was crossing Pine Island Road at about 10:00 p.m. when an elderly driver from Coral Springs slammed into him. The victim was transported to the…
Continue reading ›A recent service at the St. Ambrose Catholic Church ended with a fatal Deerfield Beach pedestrian accident. Accident reports indicate an elderly driver in a Buick Century backed over a female parishioner as she was leaving the church. The elderly driver didn’t just back over the woman, but she dragged her underneath the car across…
Continue reading ›A recent two-car accident in Pompano Beach ended up seriously injuring a 6-year-old who was riding a scooter. According to the Sun Sentinel, five other people were injured in this accident. A spokesman for the Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue says that the accident happened just after 1:00 p.m. after a driver failed to acknowledge a…
Continue reading ›Attention has been shifted to bicycle and pedestrian accidents in Miami and the surrounding areas once again. After a number of recent accidents, like the death of the bicyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, officials are looking again at what may be done to help make our roadways safer for all travelers. Within the 2012 Benchmarking…
Continue reading ›The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) reports that the Sunshine State witnessed more than 2,730 fatalities from car accidents in Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere in 2011. While this is about 70 fewer fatalities than recorded in 2010 and the lowest number of traffic-related fatalities since 1978, we are still seeing far…
Continue reading ›According to the United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the number of traffic accident-related fatalities across the nation dropped to the lowest numbers on record since 1949. In 2010, officials report that there were more than 32,880 fatalities from car accidents in Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere during the year. Officials report this decrease…
Continue reading ›A recent car accident in Plantation killed three people — two stranded motorists and a good Samaritan — all in their 20s, after they were struck by a passing motorist. Two of the people killed in the accident had been involved in a one-car accident with a tree. They exited their vehicle to assess the…
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