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Seat belt law becomes a reality today – BELTS OR ELSE!

STATEWIDE – Florida’s new seatbelt law goes into effect today and the Florida Highway Patrol plans on enforcing the rule. Not buckling up will cost violators a $30 ticket for first time violators. Officials say there will be no grace or warning period. Officials are optimistic the new law can help avoid scenes like the…

Pedestrian injured on Bay Pines Boulevard near 100th Way North – Seminole – Pinellas County – Pinellas Sheriff Office – Seminole Fire Rescue – SunStar

SEMINOLE – A pedestrian was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle on Bay Pines Boulevard in Seminole as he crossed near the intersection of 100th Way North. Seminole Fire Rescue responded to the crash. The accident victim was rushed by SunStar ambulance to the Bayfront Medical Center as a “trauma alert” patient. Traffic was…

FIAT will not be liable for CHRYSLER injury lawsuits – CHRYSLER vehicle injury claims – Few to NO OPTIONS remain

PALM BEACH – The Palm Beach Post (6/28, Paul) reported, “Because of the way Chrysler’s exit plan was structured, Fiat will not be exposed to pre-existing suits. Lawyers say that will remove any incentive for settlements, the most common outcome in such suits.” Lawyers for plaintiffs against Chrysler “agree they have few options left, since…

PROFITS AHEAD OF PATIENTS – Congress must tighten regulations on health insurers.

NATIONAL – In an editorial article published in the New York Times (6/29, A20), alludes to compelling stories of health insurers placing “profits ahead of patients,” argues that Congress “must impose tighter regulation of companies that clearly are not doing enough to regulate themselves. Creating a public plan could also help restrain the worst practices,…

Another teen fatality – I-75 near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa – NO SEATBELTS – FHP investigation continues

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 16-year-old died in a single-car crash on Interstate 75 near the junction with Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. The 16-year-old was a passenger in a 2004 Ford Explorer that went out of control and overturned in the median of the interstate. The 2004 Ford Explorer was…

One Fatality and many others injured in multi-vehicle crash on I-75 – Tampa – Hillsborough County

TAMPA – A five-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 just south of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard on Saturday afternoon left claimed the life of one and left several others injured. The FHP reported that the accident occurred at 1:50 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the interstate. A north-bound vehicle rear ended a slowing 2001 Toyota…

Pasco County’s worst intersections for aggressive-driving crashes: Collier Parkway and State Road 54 causing Auto Accidents with injuries

PASCO COUNTY – The intersection of Collier Parkway and State Road 54 has become the No. 1 spot in the county for car crashes caused by aggressive driving, according to statistics from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. A Pasco County Deputy said, “Drivers are speeding, tailgating, going off the roadway, cutting people off.” “We want…

Crackdown on drunken driving in Hillsborough County this weekend • DUI • Drunk driving kills •

TAMPA — Hillsborough County, which ranks No. 1 in the state for alcohol-related traffic deaths, will be the target of a Sheriff’s Office crackdown starting Saturday. Operation Heightened Patrol will include the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Tampa Police Department and the University of South Florida Police Department, according to the…

Multiple crashes slow traffic on I-275 traffic on or near the Howard Frankland Bridge • Between Tampa and St. Petersburg •

TAMPA — Slick rain-soaked roads this morning turned the Howard Frankland Bridge into a traffic-laden mess, with accident after accident piling up along the roadway. A camper that was being towed detached from the vehicle in the northbound lanes of Interstate 275 near the Kennedy Boulevard. Several lanes are blocked according to witnesses. In addition,…

• Pinellas Park motorcyclist killed in crash on I-75 in Sarasota County at mile marker 194 •

SARASOTA COUNTY – A 24-year-old man, 24, died this morning after his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The biker was traveling north on I-75 in the southbound lane and hit the right front of the tractor-trailer, which was traveling south, near mile marker 194…