Automobile Accidents

• School Bus Driver Arrested After Crash

  Eddie Farah | September 28, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Unbelievably no children were hurt when a school bus crashed into a fire hydrant this week. The driver, 63-year-old Jean King Jones has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence.Police say she was so bad off that she couldn't stand up for her questioning. Instead she had slurred speech and kept falling asleep. Upon getting out of the bus around 5 p.m. at Cahoon Road and Ramona...

• Georgia Motorcyclist Killed After Hit-And-Run

  Eddie Farah | September 26, 2007 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Albert Hamilton was with his friend enjoying their motorcycles at a good rate of speed on U.S. 1 near Hilliard.Just after 11:30 Friday night their ride came to an end.That's when 48-year old Hamilton of Folkston, Georgia lost control of his motorcycle and overturned, his motorcycle coming to a rest in the road. His friend, Roy Milton, 47, swerved to the right to avoid hitting Hamilton, which he...

• Man Killed by Fleeing Drunk Driver

  Eddie Farah | September 25, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A police chase involving a drunk driver has resulted in another death on our roads.The incident happened early Sunday morning when 32-year-old Brian C. Laubert was driving an SUV fast to get away from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He had been spotted after a hit-and-run at Blanding and 103rd Street and officers flattened his tires to try and get him to slow down from his 70 mph speed. ...

• SR 100 Closes and Driver Killed When Two Rigs Collide

  Eddie Farah | September 20, 2007 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It happened Tuesday afternoon in Putnam County. A semi, driven by 35-year old Frank Browning of Lawtey, was heading west on SR 100. He came upon another tractor-trailer, but this one had stopped in the road in front of him. FHP reports that for some reason Browning failed to slow down in time and hit the rig in front of him. Browning was killed at the scene while the other driver was not...

• Carjacked Woman Fights For Her Life

  Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Your driveway is probably the last place you might feel you're in danger from a carjacker.But that's what happened to Jaime Hile early Friday morning. Getting out of her car in her Jacksonville neighborhood, a man dressed in black and armed with a gun approached the driver's side.Get out of the car he demanded. Mrs. Hile was feisty enough to refuse. But when the gunman asked, "Have you ever...

• Truck Pile-Up Blocks I-10

  Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 1:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The eastbound lanes of I-10 turned into a parking lot for three hours before dawn Monday after three tractor-trailers collided.FHP reports that a big rig driven east by Michael Suber of Callahan approached two semi-trucks that had already collided. Suber couldn't stop in time and hit both trucks.The chain reaction left one driver with seriouis injuries. Suber is cited with careless driving. ...

• Four Cited As Source of Alcohol That Killed Couple

  Eddie Farah | September 15, 2007 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  How often do we report of the death of teenagers when alcohol is involved?Unfortunately for 20-year old Ross Roberts and 18-year old Ashleigh Cook, that is likely what contributed to their deaths when the pickup truck they were in ended up in a boat ramp crash into Julington Creek last July4th. Roberts may not have seen a flashing red light at the top of the ramp before driving the truck into...

• Farah & Farah Wins $3.4 Million For Mother of Two

  Eddie Farah | September 14, 2007 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  November 8, 2004. It started like any other morning for 37-year-old Wendy Sugalski. She had just dropped her teenage child at school and was heading east on Atlantic Boulevard near Kernan to pick-up her other teenager.Sugalski was stopped at a red-light when her car was rear-ended by a 26,000 pound moving truck traveling 40 miles per hour. Her Honda Civic was pushed forward, the force...

• As PIP Sunsets, Don't Wait For The Check

  Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 8:35 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  This article in the Miami Herald reports that as your personal injury protection (PIP) expires October 1st, you likely will not see a check in the mail from your insurance company.Because drivers dont have to buy a $10,000 in PIP coverage, we were told to expect a 13-16% drop in our auto insurance premium. Insurers no longer had to cover medical bills resulting from an auto accident and the...

• 17-Yr-Old Dies from Northside Crash

  Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Kimberly Enlow has been fighting for her life for nearly a month. Thursday she died from injuries she sustained in an August 1 collision.Enlow had been at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center since the head-on collision on Lem Turner Rd. She was one of five people involved. Altogether three teenagers were hospitalized. As we've reported many times here... a distracted driver seems to be the...