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• Toddler Run Over In Driveway - A Too Common Occurance

  Eddie Farah | November 29, 2008 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  We’ve heard these stories before, too many times. This time a 2-year-old riding his tricycle in a driveway was run over in a driveway. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office says the little...

• "No One Should Have To Go Through This"

  Eddie Farah | August 07, 2008 12:04 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Christine Olson of Bradenton, Florida got the call the evening of December 7, 2005. Her son told her there had been an accident and she needed to go to Manatee Memorial Hospital. Christine’s...

• Girls Drowns At Pool Party While Florida Lags In Pool Safety Standards

  Eddie Farah | June 14, 2008 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Girls Drowns At Pool Party WhileFlorida Lags In Pool Safety Standards by Eddie Farah These are the sorts of stories we hear far too many of in the summer. Florida leads the nation in the number of...

• CSX Train Lawsuit Follows Teen Death On Trestle

  Eddie Farah | June 13, 2008 10:36 PM | 4 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A 17-year old Clay County high school football player, Wesley Whiddon Jr., who was struck and killed by a train lastmonth, wasdoing what many people in the Black Creek area regularly do- fish from...

• Operation Safe Ride Cracks Down on Spring Break Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | March 15, 2008 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If you are thinking about speeding anytime this weekend, forget about it.That's because the Florida Highway Patrol will be monitoring you from aircraft, with lasers, radar and marked and unmarked cars on the Interstates, the Florida Turnpike and major and minor roads.From Friday through Sunday, Operation Safe Ride intends to find speeders who tend to come to Florida for spring break and put the...

• UF Shands Admits Guilt in 3-yr-old's Death

  Eddie Farah | October 27, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If an apology would be forthcoming when a hospital does wrong- I'd have less business. And that would be okay because it's the right thing for a hospital to do. When UF Shands gave medication to a 3-year-old that was ten times stronger that what was originally prescribed, the boy died. This happened October 10, 2007.Instead of running for cover, getting their ducks in a row, hiring lawyers and...

• Fiery Wreck closes I-95

  Eddie Farah | November 06, 2006 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A fuel tanker owned by a Pipeline Transportation out of Jacksonville, Florida fell from the I-95 overpass in North Miami, Florida and crashed onto a church parking lot, resulting in a raging fire which forced the evacuation of a nearby school.This ">trucking occurred at 9:00 a.m, this morning causing a section of I-95 southbound trafficto be closed until approximately 3:00 today. Miami-Dade...

• Teen Faces Nine Charges in Fatal Wreck

  Eddie Farah | August 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Friday night's exhibition football game was a sad one for some parents of students at Ed White High School in Jacksonville. Four teenagers, who were part of a group who cut school on the last day,...

• JaxPort Employee Injured On The Job 110 Feet Up

  Eddie Farah | August 19, 2009 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An industrial accident at the Jacksonville Port Authority led to a dramatic but successful rescue for one injured employee. The unidentified man was working on a 110 foot crane Monday night...

• Nurse Hit-and-Run Victim Outside Hospital, Suspect Arrested

  Eddie Farah | June 24, 2009 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Police in Jacksonville have arrested a man they say is responsible for hitting a nurse outside of Shands Hospital Sunday night, then driving off. The victim, Karen Elaine Hanel, 54, was hit as she...