Automobile Accidents

• Mystery Hit-and-Run on A1A

  Eddie Farah | December 05, 2007 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Florida Highway Patrol wants to know who hit and killed a pedestrian and left him lying north of Sawgrass Village Drive in the heart of Ponte Vedra Beach.The body of 38-year old Charles Lee Foster was found lying in the northbound lane of A!A just north of Thousand Oaks Boulevard just a little after 2 a.m. Wednesday. Friends identified Foster as living about three miles a way. Someone told...

• Mother Facing Mounting Bills After Crash Kills Daughter

  Eddie Farah | December 01, 2007 12:49 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  As if losing your child is not bad enough, Carol Enlow now faces losing the home the single mother has worked hard to provide her family.And the tragic turn of her life all happened in a few seconds.Her daughter, 17-year-old Kim Enlow of Callahan was driving to Cold Stone last August to get some ice cream with a friend sitting next to her and more friends following in another car. They never...

• 27 Never Made it Home for Thanksgiving

  Eddie Farah | November 28, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Thanksgiving is one of the busiest times of the year for highway travel and unfortunately also for accidents.27 people never made it to their destinations this holiday. The Florida Highway Patrol investigated 26 accidents that led to fatalities. Half of them involved alcohol or a suspicion of alcohol use.Half occured at night. And it's difficult to believe that many people still don't wear...

• Using Green To Keep Us Safe On the Roads

  Eddie Farah | November 27, 2007 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It is already happening in Europe--fewer nighttime accidents due to a new green technology.SolarLite Smart Studs are being installed on some dark roads in England.They appear as the little white reflectors but are powered by solar energy.Inside they have a miniature solar ray catching panel as well as LED lights and a reflecting surface.The early reports are good. Drivers seems to have ten times...

• Trooper & Motorists Hurt in Collision

  Eddie Farah | November 24, 2007 3:24 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Lucas was just doing his job.He was travelling west on Wildwood Drive in St Johns County. He had his lights and siren on.Suddenly a car travelling southbound on A!A struck the cruiser.Altogether three people were injured, luckily none seriously. The car that hit the cruiser was driven by 80-year-old David Fox of Palm Coast.According to a reconstruction of...

• SUV Rollover Throws Eight from Vehicle Kills One

  Eddie Farah | November 23, 2007 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was 3:30 in the morning and the entire family was driving north on the Florida Turnpike near the Osceola county line.Apparently the woman driver fell asleep and the Ford Explorer rolled several times. Eight passengers, including five children were thrown from the vehicle. No one had on a seat belt the Highway Patrol reports. The children ranged in ages from eight to 14. The were all from the...

• Safest Cars on the Road Are Good News

  Eddie Farah | November 17, 2007 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If you are in the market for a new vehicle you will want to check out the auto industry's latest list of safest vehicles.The troubled Ford Motor Company may see some turnabout financially because of an emphasis on safety. You recall that the Ford Explorer had a problem with stability and all too often in a minor accident a it would roll often killing the occupants.Ford and Honda both have he...

• Family Says Goodbye to Child Hit By SUV

  Eddie Farah | November 15, 2007 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It is a story we report here all too frequently.As SUV's get bigger, children stay little and difficult to see near the road. That's what happened to Shykeria Bynes.Last month she was crossing the street with her brothers to go to a nearby Gate gas station to buy candy with $1. The 6-year-old was holding their hands near 45th Street and Moncrief Road in Northwest Jacksonville. Shyshy as she...

• Favorite Principal Dies In Traffic Accident

  Eddie Farah | November 09, 2007 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Just the night before she died, Principal Kimberly Sue Brannan was at a program honoring Baker County's veterans where she commended her students.Friday morning, 44-year-old Brannan was driving on I-10 just west of I-295 on her way with three other teachers to a continuing education meeting in St. Augustine. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Brannan, who was not wearing a seat belt, was...

• Florida Teens Wary of the Road

  Eddie Farah | November 08, 2007 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It used to be you couldn't wait to get behind the wheel as a teenager.But if state statistics tell an accurate story, today teens are waiting to get their driver's license.The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles statistics show that among sixteen-year-olds, 40 percent have their license. Compare that with 60 percent more than 20 years ago. And older teen drivers, 18 and...