Automobile Accidents

• Wrecks in Jacksonville

  Eddie Farah | January 21, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Jacksonville, Florida's population has grown significantly in the past several years. More and more vehicles are on the road daily and commuting to and from work has become significantly challenging. With this growth comes an increase in vehicle accidents.Last week within hours, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to the first in a series. It was about 12:20 p.m, when a pedestrian stepped...

• Major backup I-95

  Eddie Farah | January 03, 2007 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A seven-vehicle crash left traffic at a stand still on I-95 between the J. Turner Butler Boulevard and Bowden Road exits, in Jacksonville, Florida todayAccording to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a pickup truck towing a trailer in the center lane heading northbound on I-95 lost control of his vehicle and collided with a semi in the right hand lane. This started a chain resulting in...

• Woman charged in hit, hit run

  Eddie Farah | December 27, 2006 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  On December 21, 2006, Denise Rose Tavary crasher her way through the City of St. Augustine, Florida in her Ford Explorer SUV. Witnessed say they saw her run a stop sign, hit a truck on Avenida Menendez, veer into a parking lot, plow into two more care and then drove back onto Avenida Mendez.She drove a few hundred yards and rammed Damage to five vehicles about $7,500.00. Damage to her vehicle...

• Man killed in Wreck

  Eddie Farah | December 19, 2006 7:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  On December 18, 2006 Michael Johnson of Northport, FL is believed to have caused a three vehicle accident when he swerved his BMW across traffic to exit onto McDuff Avenue, in Jacksonville, FL. According to investigators Johnson's BMW struck a van and then struck a truck. The BMW and truck flipped on their roofs, blocking the off ramp for several hours. Johnson was treated and transported to...

• ATV rider dies

  Eddie Farah | December 18, 2006 7:04 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  On December 17, 22-year old Keith Jones was driving his Yamaha ATV on the streets of Jacksonville Boulevard and as he began to cross Atlantic Boulevard to make a U-turn, drove into the path of a car driven by 18 year-old Christopher SaundersAlthough Mr. Jones was wearing a helmet, he died at the scene. Mr. Saunders was not injured, however 18 year old Jacob Robins his passenger, suffered minor...

• Man dies after hitting stopped car

  Eddie Farah | December 08, 2006 7:24 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  On Thursday, December 7, 2006, Gene Rowe, age 65 ran into the rear of a car driven by Mary Wilson who had stopped only moments before because of an earlier accident. The ">accident occurred on County Road 125, Glen St. Mary, Florida.Edward Force, 21, has hit a deer and tied the animal to the hood of his vehicle. At 6:00 a.m. he crashed into a Baker County Sheriff's Office vehicle.Gene Rowe...

• Accident settled for $11M

  Eddie Farah | December 06, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In 1995, Florida State Troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash and found Lucy Balled comatose and face down on pavement. FHP believed she caused the accident.According to the police report, Ms. Ballard crashed a Nissan, into a semi-trailer after an improper lane change. Her vehicle bounced into another semi then back to the first and she was ejected through the rear window after the...

• Suit filed against JTA

  Eddie Farah | November 22, 2006 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In August of 2005, Ashleigh Eminisor was struck by a Jacksonville Transient Authority Trolley while crossing the one of the main streets in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of the accident she was taking her friend a two-month old baby to visit her motherThe trolley operated by JTA ignored a red light and ran over her leg, crushing the main bone. The driver was the charged with careless...

• Three killed in crash

  Eddie Farah | November 11, 2006 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An automobile crash on Wednesday took the lives of three Middleburg residences and injures three more in a three-vehicle collision.According to the Florida Highway patrol, Jeffrey A. Spear was driving a 2005 Nissan, southbound on Country Road 215 when his vehicle struck a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche driven by Edward Abruscato. Mr. Abruscato had failed to stop at an intersection of the roadway. ...

• 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...