Automobile Accidents

• Five Killed in North Florida Auto Wrecks Over 12 Hours

  Eddie Farah | April 18, 2008 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  North Florida roads saw four separate wrecks early Friday that took five lives and injured several others The worst auto accident occurred in Putnam County The Florida Highway Patrol reports that...

• Hybrid Cars Can Hurt the Blind

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2008 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  People who rely on sound to make their way through life can usually rely on the sound of a motor to gauge the safety of a street. But the National Federation of the Blind fear that the nearly silent...

• 20 Most Dangerous Autos

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2008 2:34 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  No doubt sometime in your future you might consider buying a car. Whether new or used there is important information to help make you an informed consumer and therefore safer on the roads....

• Skater Hit By A Car

  Eddie Farah | April 07, 2008 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The moves of young people twisting and turning on skateboards, riding ramps and rails has become somewhat of an art form. But for one skater, his art turned life threatening last Sunday night when...

• Georgia Supreme Court Upholds $13 Million in Ford Crash Case

  Internal Administrator | April 06, 2008 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Nine years ago a Clarke County, Georgia woman riding in a 1985 Ford Mercury Grand Marquis, was rear ended by another car. When the Toyota slammed into her vehicle, it burst into flames. Anne Marie...

• Police Look For Hit-And-Run Driver At The Beach

  Eddie Farah | April 05, 2008 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Friday night, two men were crossing the street in the rain in Jacksonville Beach. Out of nowhere a white car pulled out and hit one of them. Instead of calling for help, one of the men in...

• Jacksonville Woman Ejected In Single-Car Crash

  Eddie Farah | April 04, 2008 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about 5,500 lives could be saved every year by increasing seat belt use to 90 percent. But at the best estimates, 20 percent of...

• Jacksonville Beach Access Denied After Boy Is Run Over

  Eddie Farah | April 04, 2008 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Vehicle access to Huguenot Memorial Park in Duval County, Florida has been restricted after a five-year-old boy was run over by a truck in March. The boy was lounging in the sand and the driver...

• Car Lodged Under Semitrailer

  Eddie Farah | March 29, 2008 1:06 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Traffic on Interstate 95 just south of Jacksonville had to come to a crawl as the road was closed when a car drove underneath a semitrailer.The Florida Highway Patrol says that 41-year-old Robert Barker drove his Honda into a semi and continued driving until the front of his vehicle went under the truck's trailer.This all happened early in the morning Friday, about 2:40 in the southbound lanes. ...

• 9-Year-Old's Family Sues After Autistic Son Injured on School Bus

  Eddie Farah | March 26, 2008 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It's tough to argue with the picture of the bruises.The parents of a 9-year old boy who is autistic and blind say that attendants on a First Student school bus abused their child and left marks on him. They are suing the bus attendants and First Student Inc. charging negligence and battery."There has been an outrageous sequence of events," said the family's attorney, Eric Block.The incident...