TAMPA — Seven (7) to eight (8) individual crashes caused about fifty (50) vehicles to pile up on the Howard Frankland Bridge. This massive accident took place soon after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game let out from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Southbound Interstate 275 was backed up for nearly three hours as the Florida…
NATIONAL – Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, at Yeshiva University in New York, have linked areas of brain injury to specific altered mental processes caused by concussions. The colored areas show locations of brain injury, including injury to the frontal lobe, in a patient with mild traumatic brain injury. Closed head injuries are…
Many tourists and Florida residents love to parasail behind boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Sometimes many questions arise regarding the safety of parasailing. Parasailing can be safe and fun in good weather conditions, utilizing the right equipment operated by an experienced crew. Some ask, “how many accidents have there been?” The PSC estimates that…
Water Safety – Boats and Jet Ski’s Never operate a jet-ski or boat while under the influence of alcohol. Never operate a boat or Jet Ski in swimming areas. Always wear a personal flotation device when operating a boat or Jet Ski. Jumping boat wakes on a jet ski may be fun, but it is…
A parishioner was hit by a car as she walked through the parking lot at a Central Florida church. The initial investigation by police suggests that the elderly driver may have pushed the gas pedal instead of the brake. The driver of the car was backing out of a handicap parking spot at the church…
MANATEE COUNTY — According to the FHP, a motorcyclist died yesterday after running a stop sign and colliding with a vehicle in west Bradenton. The biker was on a Yamaha motorcycle traveling westbound on 18th Avenue West when he failed to stop as he entered the intersection at 51st Street in Bradenton. The biker was…
According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers said, a Florida man died from injuries he received when the golf cart he was riding in was struck by a van. Two men were in a golf cart when they were struck from behind by a Ford van with four occupants. The violent impact pushed the golf cart…
LEE COUNTY – Last month a two vehicle accident in the Wal-Mart parking lot left one person with life threatening injuries. According to the witness, a man ran a stop sign striking another car with four local high school students. After the impact he lost control of his vehicle going through a ditch and then…
PINELLAS COUNTY – Five people were injured when four motorcycles traveling at high speed across the Bayside Bridge got into a chain-reaction crash late Saturday night. The Florida Highway Patrol said three of the motorcycle drivers and one passenger received serious injuries when they we all thrown from the motorcycles. One motorcycle driver received minor…
HERNANDO COUNTY – A Hernando County business owner is asking for a stop light at the intersection of Citrus Way and Ponce de Leon north of Brooksville. The speed limit on Ponce de Leon is 60 miles per hour, and the only traffic control device currently at the intersection is a flashing yellow light. According…