Automobile Accidents

• Pedestrians in Jeopardy From Speeding Cruisers

  Jane Akre | September 05, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  When 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...

• Toddler Dies In Hot Car

  Jane Akre | September 04, 2007 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Charges 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...

• Driver Charged With Homicide

  Eddie Farah | September 01, 2007 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The 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...

• Mexican Trucks Coming Soon To U.S. Highways

  Eddie Farah | September 01, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  While 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...

• Truck Stuck Under Overpass

  Jane Akre | August 30, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A 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...

• PIP Set To Expire October 1-Should We Let It?

  Eddie Farah | August 25, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Talk 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...

• One Car Accident Kills Young Yulee Woman

  Eddie Farah | August 24, 2007 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It 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...

• Be Nice, Look Twice and Save a Life

  Jane Akre | August 17, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  That 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...

• St. Johns Bluff Crash Kills 21-year Old

  Jane Akre | August 16, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A 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...

• Two Teens Die On I-10

  Eddie Farah | August 14, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Two 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...