- Jane Akre | August 30, 2007 10:41 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA portion of a downtown Jacksonville underpass was closed Wednesday after a semi-truck got stuck because it was too tall.The Forest Street area was closed for about seven hours under the I-95 overpass when the truck exited I-95 southbound and made a left turn onto Forest St.Unfortunately the driver missed the sign that said the clearance was 13-feet and three inches. Fortunately the driver was...
- Jane Akre | August 29, 2007 3:23 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA 2-year old Georgia boy died after electronic eqipment fell on him at his south Georgia day care center.Jamerson Goodman suffered the injuries in the afternoon at the God Daycare in Douglas. His mother, Kimberly Wright, reports that electronic equipment, possibly a TV or VCR on a stand, fell on the little boy.Wright was called at work and told her son was hurt. The boy was pronounced dead at...
- Eddie Farah | August 25, 2007 10:18 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTalk about throwing the baby out with the bath water. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) that covers you in an auto accident regardless of who is at fault (no-fault) will expire October 1st unless the legislature holds an emergency special session to revisit it. The problem is that legislators don't understand what will really happen to the 13 million motorists in Florida and how the...
- Eddie Farah | August 24, 2007 10:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt happened about 3 p.m.. Monday.A Jeep Cherokee being driven north on U.S. 17 near the Duval County line by 20-year old Britany Helton, began to cross the center line into the southbound lane. Passenger, Lazara Landin, 18, reportedly grabbed the steering wheel to correct the drift. But the Jeep swerved onto the road's east shoulder. It hit a utility pole, flipped and threw Landin out of the...
- Eddie Farah | August 20, 2007 11:25 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFord is recalling millions of vehicles because a faulty cruise control switch could spark fires.3.6 million vehicles, including the F-150 truck, Ford Explorer, Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car, among others, are included in the recall. All vehicles were built between 1992 and 2004.This is the second time the auto giant has recalled vehicles over this problem. In January 2005, over 6 million...
- Eddie Farah | August 19, 2007 11:02 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe story appearing in the August 14-20 issue of Folio Weekly puts into perspective having a bad day.Karen Donges, a 35-year old communications instructor at UNF, moved into the Esplanade at Town Center earlier this year. While the renter liked the grainite counter tops and stainless steel appliances, she didnt like the black mold spores climbing up her bedroom wall.She began feeling flu-like...
- Jane Akre | August 17, 2007 2:12 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThat is the theme of a new campaign launched to remember an 18-year old motorcyclist who was killed Mother's Day 2002.Kris McElhenny's mother, Tina, announced the billboard campaign this week. She says her son was one of 1,442 motorcyclists that have been killed since 2002. Motorcycles are often a lower profile on the road than SUVs and that's why motorists simply do not see them. That is why...
- Jane Akre | August 16, 2007 2:04 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA young man killed in Wednesday's traffic accident on St. Johns Bluff Road has been identified as 21-year old Brandon Randolph Michael.He was traveling north on the road about 2pm when he collided with another car turning into Central Parkway. Michael was not wearing a seat belt. He was partially ejected when his car spun around and then overturned in front of a gas station. His passenger was...
- Eddie Farah | August 15, 2007 11:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousTim Hardy thought he was doing a good deed.The dog he found on the side of the road eight years ago had been abandoned and was in ill health. Hardy nursed the dog back to health, named him Max and Max turned out to be a great family pet. Now Hardy's insurance company has cancelled his homeowner's policy because it believes Max is potentially an aggressive breed of dog. Max is a mutt who has...
- Eddie Farah | August 14, 2007 11:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTwo teenagers were killed Sunday after their car was struck on I-10 heading westbound.The teenagers, 19-year old Vinah Pham and 18-year old Danny Nguyen were driving a Honda Civic when a Ford convertible, changing lanes swiped the drivers' side door. The cars hit once, then a second time sending the Civic into the median. The Tallahassee teenagers car then was struck by a pickup truck heading...
- Eddie Farah | August 11, 2007 10:05 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsPolice are just now releasing the videotape shot from the dashboard camera last April, as a UNF student takes a field sobriety test.The student, 21-year old Austin Wright is shown weaving and having trouble touching his hand to his nose just moments after he drove into Lt. Corey Dahlem while driving on University Avenue in Gainesville.Dahlem died in the hospital.This video will be used in the...
- Eddie Farah | August 09, 2007 11:13 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHundreds of thousands of defective tires made in China are being recalled starting today.The tires are distributed by Foreign Tire Sales Inc., which is overseeing the recall.The problem --the tires are missing a gum strip that is an important safety feature which binds the belts of a tire together. Remember the Firestone tire recall in 2000? That was one of the problems behind the largest tire...
- Eddie Farah | August 09, 2007 7:17 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYou need to be very careful how you conduct youself in public these days.You never know who may be watching or recording you on their cell phone camera.That's what happened to Doyle Kelly. He allegedly backed into another driver's car. That driver, Damone Smith, followed Kelley from the accident site at Baymeadows and Old Kings Rd, down Baymeadows and into a gas station on San Jose Boulevard....
- Eddie Farah | August 08, 2007 8:04 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt was just another day at the Orange Park Mall for teenagers Meagan Forehand, Paige Savoie, and Meagan's 10-year old sister.They were shopping during tax-free week. About 5:30, in broad daylight, the girls left the mall and were gathered around Meagan's 2007 Suzuki.That's when a man approached with a gun and demanded the car.Meagan fought back verbally. "He said, 'Give me your car.' I said,...
- Eddie Farah | August 03, 2007 11:41 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFlorida's Department of Transportation is assuring residents that our seven largest bridge spans are safeThese questions are obviously in the forefront of drivers as they see the devastation in Minneapolis following the crumbling interstate bridge. So far 8 are still missing and 5 reportedly killed when the cars tumbled like toys from the span and fell 60 feet into the Mississippi River.The...
- Eddie Farah | August 02, 2007 10:28 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThey are toys most parents are familiar with--Dora and Diego, Big Bird, Elmo.But now Fisher-Price is recalling 83 different types, involving 967,000 plastic preschool toys because of lead paint.The toys were made in China and sold in the U.S. between May and August. The problem was discovered internally then reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). This is the first recall for...
- Eddie Farah | August 01, 2007 11:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis is a bizarre story but also a reminder that cars are to be taken seriously.A Pensacola man tried to spit out an open car door but lost his life doing so.37-year-old Miguel Rogelio was riding in the front seat as a passenger Tuesday morning. He opened the car door and leaned out to spit. Instead he lost his balance, fell and struck his head on the pavement. The driver says she was going...