- Jane Akre | September 29, 2007 12:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFlorida's Governor Charlie Crist does not want PIP (Personal Injury Protection) to expire October 1st, and he may have to stand his ground to have the special legislative session take up the issue.Speaker of the House, Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, has asked the governor to add PIP to next week's agenda against the wishes of Senate President Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, who wants to focus on the...
- Eddie Farah | September 28, 2007 11:50 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsUnbelievably no children were hurt when a school bus crashed into a fire hydrant this week. The driver, 63-year-old Jean King Jones has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence.Police say she was so bad off that she couldn't stand up for her questioning. Instead she had slurred speech and kept falling asleep. Upon getting out of the bus around 5 p.m. at Cahoon Road and Ramona...
- Eddie Farah | September 26, 2007 12:44 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAlbert Hamilton was with his friend enjoying their motorcycles at a good rate of speed on U.S. 1 near Hilliard.Just after 11:30 Friday night their ride came to an end.That's when 48-year old Hamilton of Folkston, Georgia lost control of his motorcycle and overturned, his motorcycle coming to a rest in the road. His friend, Roy Milton, 47, swerved to the right to avoid hitting Hamilton, which he...
- Eddie Farah | September 25, 2007 10:33 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA police chase involving a drunk driver has resulted in another death on our roads.The incident happened early Sunday morning when 32-year-old Brian C. Laubert was driving an SUV fast to get away from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He had been spotted after a hit-and-run at Blanding and 103rd Street and officers flattened his tires to try and get him to slow down from his 70 mph speed. ...
- Eddie Farah | September 21, 2007 1:41 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsApproximately 300 people who currently suffer from tobacco-related illnesses, as well as family members of those who have died from these diseases, will gather at the downtown Jacksonville Public Library Auditorium, Wednesday, September 26th at 6:30 p.m. to hear the progress and current status on their lawsuits against the tobacco industry. A news conference will follow, updating reporters on...
- Eddie Farah | September 20, 2007 11:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt happened Tuesday afternoon in Putnam County. A semi, driven by 35-year old Frank Browning of Lawtey, was heading west on SR 100. He came upon another tractor-trailer, but this one had stopped in the road in front of him. FHP reports that for some reason Browning failed to slow down in time and hit the rig in front of him. Browning was killed at the scene while the other driver was not...
- Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 12:16 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsYour driveway is probably the last place you might feel you're in danger from a carjacker.But that's what happened to Jaime Hile early Friday morning. Getting out of her car in her Jacksonville neighborhood, a man dressed in black and armed with a gun approached the driver's side.Get out of the car he demanded. Mrs. Hile was feisty enough to refuse. But when the gunman asked, "Have you ever...
- Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 1:50 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe eastbound lanes of I-10 turned into a parking lot for three hours before dawn Monday after three tractor-trailers collided.FHP reports that a big rig driven east by Michael Suber of Callahan approached two semi-trucks that had already collided. Suber couldn't stop in time and hit both trucks.The chain reaction left one driver with seriouis injuries. Suber is cited with careless driving. ...
- Eddie Farah | September 15, 2007 10:34 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsHow often do we report of the death of teenagers when alcohol is involved?Unfortunately for 20-year old Ross Roberts and 18-year old Ashleigh Cook, that is likely what contributed to their deaths when the pickup truck they were in ended up in a boat ramp crash into Julington Creek last July4th. Roberts may not have seen a flashing red light at the top of the ramp before driving the truck into...
- Eddie Farah | September 14, 2007 10:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsNovember 8, 2004. It started like any other morning for 37-year-old Wendy Sugalski. She had just dropped her teenage child at school and was heading east on Atlantic Boulevard near Kernan to pick-up her other teenager.Sugalski was stopped at a red-light when her car was rear-ended by a 26,000 pound moving truck traveling 40 miles per hour. Her Honda Civic was pushed forward, the force...
- Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 8:35 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis article in the Miami Herald reports that as your personal injury protection (PIP) expires October 1st, you likely will not see a check in the mail from your insurance company.Because drivers dont have to buy a $10,000 in PIP coverage, we were told to expect a 13-16% drop in our auto insurance premium. Insurers no longer had to cover medical bills resulting from an auto accident and the...
- Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 1:19 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsKimberly Enlow has been fighting for her life for nearly a month. Thursday she died from injuries she sustained in an August 1 collision.Enlow had been at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center since the head-on collision on Lem Turner Rd. She was one of five people involved. Altogether three teenagers were hospitalized. As we've reported many times here... a distracted driver seems to be the...
- Eddie Farah | September 06, 2007 2:42 PM |
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MiscellaneousPolice have now identified the body of a young man pulled from a pickup truck that sank in a neighborhood pond.23-year-old Stephen Stiffler was in the vehicle that apparently rolled into a pond in the Bartram Springs subdivision. His family thinks he was sleeping in the truck when it rolled in the pond.Stiffler had been missing for 36 hours on Saturday afternoon when his family called police...
- Eddie Farah | September 06, 2007 12:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe 16-year-old thought she might miss the school bus. Today she is in critical condition at Shands after being hit by a car she didn't see while running for the bus. Tiffany Williams had just been dropped off by her mother at Dunn Avenue and Haverford Road on the northside. The young woman ran across Dunn Street to catch the 7 a.m. bus taking her to First Coast High School, apparently unaware...
- Jane Akre | September 05, 2007 6:59 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhen police are responding to a call, or sometimes even when they are not, pedestrians and bicyclists need to be especially aware of police cruisers. In Jacksonville, a 16-year old was serious hurt when he rode his bicycle into the path of a JSO police vehicle Tuesday afternoon. It happened when Randolph Ross pulled into McQuade Street from Barber Street right in front of a westbound police...
- Jane Akre | September 04, 2007 7:10 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsCharges could be filed against a mother who took her toddler to her job and mistakenly left the girl in a hot car to die.It happened in Ocoee. The mother was supposed to take her 22-month old to day care. Instead she went right to her job at City Hall at 9 a.m. When she returned to the car about four hours later, the little girl was passed out in her car seat. She was pronounced dead at the...
- Eddie Farah | September 01, 2007 10:17 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe accident actually happened last January. 20-year old Justin Hughes had allegedly just committed a burglary in San Mateo along with a couple of friends. The homeowners came home around 11 p.m. and the suspects took off with the homeowners in pursuit. Here is just another example of why high-speed chases are rarely worth the price paid.Hughes lost control of his car and hit a tree killing his...
- Eddie Farah | September 01, 2007 4:11 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhile immigration continues to be a hot topic to debate in some circles--the U.S. apparently does not have the same distain for goods from Mexico.Under a Bush administration plan, the U.S. will soon open its roads to about 100 semi-trucks from Mexico to travel freely on our highways. Up until now, there has been a limited area among border states where south-of-the-border trucks could bring in...