Automobile Accidents

• Teen Faces Nine Charges in Fatal Wreck

  Eddie Farah | August 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Friday night's exhibition football game was a sad one for some parents of students at Ed White High School in Jacksonville. Four teenagers, who were part of a group who cut school on the last day,...

• Nurse Hit-and-Run Victim Outside Hospital, Suspect Arrested

  Eddie Farah | June 24, 2009 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Police in Jacksonville have arrested a man they say is responsible for hitting a nurse outside of Shands Hospital Sunday night, then driving off. The victim, Karen Elaine Hanel, 54, was hit as she...

• Super Speeder Fines Increase In Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It may not pay to be a super speeder in Georgia. Those who drive fast on the state’s highway are facing an increased fine of $200 that would accomplish two goals. First, to get speeders to...

• Florida Vision Test Works To Reduce Elderly Deaths On The Road

  Eddie Farah | November 14, 2008 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was almost five years ago now that Florida changed its law to require elderly drivers, age 80 and above, to have their vision tested before they renew their drivers license. It turns out that...

• Red-Light Runners- Smile Your On Candid Camera

  Eddie Farah | September 03, 2008 11:42 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Those who feel compelled to run red lights have a new challenge in Florida. This week a new technology will take images of red-light runners and automatically issue them a ticket. The new...

• Officer Killed by Drunk Driver Auto Accident

  Eddie Farah | February 01, 2008 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Not that there was much doubt about the cause of the auto accident, but a man who drove into a car driven by a Jacksonville police officer last October has been charged with DUI manslaughter.57-year old Joseph May was driving a van near New Berlin Road and Heckscher Drive around 11:30 October 13th. He struck the door of Officer Scott Bell's patrol car causing the cruiser to spin around, hit a...

• Hit-And-Run Driver Arrested

  Eddie Farah | October 20, 2007 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It is unusual for a hit-and-run fatality to ever be solved. That's why we are encouraged to report that there has been an arrest in the death of Clint Malone, killed early last Saturday morning in Panama Ciity Beach by a hit-and-run driver.20-year-old Jeremy Matthew Hunt has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash that killed someone. Hunt was driving a pick up truck and had left Salty's...

• It's Illegal To Leave Kids Alone In A Hot Car

  Eddie Farah | July 12, 2007 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Not only is it dangerous and potentially deadly to leave children in a hot car, but it's also illegal.As temperatures rise into the 90's, it's time to remember that state law makes it illegal to leave a child alone in a hot car for longer than 15 minutes.A car can quickly become as hot as an oven.From heat cramps to heat stroke can take very few minutes. A car can heat up to 110 degrees within...

• I-95 Auto Accident Kills Teen Best Friends

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Amanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...

• Overloaded SUV Rolls And Kills 8-Year-Old boy

  Eddie Farah | October 04, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An eight-year-old boy was killed Saturday when an SUV, fill with kids going to a church event, rolled on I-95. The single-vehicle crash occurred 4:45 p.m. near the Volusia and Flagler county...