Automobile Accidents

• Florida Man Arrested For Hitting Police Cruiser in Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 25, 2008 9:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A Florida man is under arrest after ending a police pursuit by crashing his vehicle into a Georgia State Patrol deputy's car.Sunday about 1 in the afternoon, Theodore Thomas Wagner approached the security guard at the Bayer Corporation in Kingsland, Georgia. He was reportedly acting erratically. He said he was being chased and he was a short while later when he was on I-95 after attracting...

• Legislature Looking At Safer Streets

  Eddie Farah | March 22, 2008 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  More legislative action is proposed out of Tallahassee this session that might help keeps roads safer.One of the more innovative involves placing red-light cameras that would take a driver's image when they are caught running a red light. A violation could result in a fine. A seat belt violation proposal is back. It would allow law enforcement to pull over someone for not wearing their seat...

• Legislature Trying To Curtail Teen Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | March 21, 2008 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Tallahassee lawmakers are trying to make driving safer for all of us by cracking down on left lane hogs. You've seen them going slow in the left passing lane while talking on their cell phone oblivious to lights. Often they aren't even wearing their seat belt. Proposed Senate Bill 1266 and House Bill 357 would make it illegal to talk on the phone while driving in Florida. That's already the...

• First Coast Teens Learn Lessons of Drinking & Driving

  Eddie Farah | March 20, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The attendance was double this year, a sure sign that this teenage education program has hit a nerve. It's called a STUD Rally - Stop Teen Underage Drinking and it looked more like a party at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium Thursday. High schoolers packed the place listening to DJs from 93.3 The Beat, competing for prizes and hearing from First Coast News Sports Director Dan Hicken. Despite the...

• 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...

• SUV Roof Crushes Kill Motorists

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2008 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In about 35 percent of auto accidents, death occurs where there is a rollover. In a SUV the death rate jumps to 59 percent.The key to surviving the crash, if you are not ejected, is the strength of the vehicle's roof. Right now the federal government is considering increasing roof strength, something that hasn't been done in passengers cars since 1974. The Insurance Institute for Highway...

• Jacksonville Roads Get Good Marks

  Eddie Farah | March 12, 2008 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  While cracked roads and potholes have been causing motorists to shell out about $400 extra in wear and tear on their cars, a national study says that Jacksonville's roads rank as "good" when compared to the nation. 9 percent are "mediocre" and 4 percent of our roads are rated as poor.The ratings were conducted by the nonprofit research group that focuses on transportation called TRIP, based...

• Atlantic Blvd. Auto Accident Kills One

  Eddie Farah | March 09, 2008 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  There is nothing more frightening that thinking that a drunk person may be behind the wheel of the car next to you.Several motorists were frightened Sunday when a pickup truck truck speeded down Atlantic Avenue then lost control and flew into the air. After going airborne the vehicle flipped over the median landing on top of another car this afternoon.Police investigating the scene say they...

• Bicyclist Hit, Killed By Two Autos

  Eddie Farah | March 08, 2008 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You have to wonder what he was thinking.A 42-year old man ridiing a bicycle in the dark. It was raining. Thomas Mattox, 42, was from St. Augustine but for some reason he was riding his bicycle about 10 pm on U.S. 17 in Putnam County.Mattox was crossing the road when he was hit by the first car. Chantel Sloan, 17, reportedly didn't see Mattox. His bicycle had no lights and he was wearing dark...

• I-95 Auto Accident Involving Car, Bus

  Eddie Farah | March 07, 2008 12:59 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  There was no match between a tour bus with 60 people on board and a car. The two tangled on Interstate 95 this afternoon. The bus won.The two vehicles were traveling southbound on I-95 just beyond International Golf Parkway.Four people were in the car. All were injured and taken to Flagler Hospital. There is no word on their condition.Everyone on the bus was okay except they couldn't get the...