HOMOSASSA SPRINGS – Bay News 9 reports that on Monday, April 1, 2013 a 45 year-old motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle was rear-ended by a car at the intersection of West Cardinal Street and South Gross Avenue in Homosassa Springs, Citrus county. Charges are pending for the driver of the car who rear-ended the motorcycle….
ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg man riding as a passenger in a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) Bus was hospitalized with minor injuries after the PSTA bus was rear-ended by a school bus. According to police, the crash happened near 66th Street and 30th Avenue N. There were no children on the school bus,…
SEMINOLE – A Pinellas Suncoast Transit Association (PSTA) bus was rearended by a landscaping truck sending many passengers to local hospitals. The PSTA bus was headed south on Seminole Blvd. (Alt. US 19), stopped to pick up passengers when it was hit from behind by a southbound landscaping truck. Moments later the scene was filled…
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – West bound I-4 was closed for several hours when a semi-tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a stopped car pushing it into a FHP – Trooper’s car. The trooper was there in his car, with his lights on, to make sure motorists slowed down for road construction in the area. The impact…
STATEWIDE – Here is a WAKE UP CALL!A recent study shows that a driver that is distracted by TEXTING AND DRIVING is worse than a DRUNKEN DRIVER! Wake up FLORIDIANS! Here are the FACTS of a RECENT STUDY: A sober driver took half a second to brake A drunken driver with a blood alcohol level…
A Florida jury awarded a man $4.8 million in a Florida auto accident lawsuit. The injured man was hurt in a 2003 car accident when a commercial drug company’s van rear-ended his car. As a result of this accident trauma, it left the man with serious neck and back injuries. The injured man required extensive…
PINELLAS COUNTY – A Pinellas Park police officer and his canine partner suffered minor injuries in a crash with another driver late last night. The officer and his canine partner were stopped with other traffic at a red light on 49th Street at Lake Boulevard when a full-size Mercury drove into the rear of the…
Last week an accident involving a truck and a semi-tractor trailer on the Howard Frankland Bridge resulted in serious injuries. The accident blocked the northbound lanes of traffic on the Tampa side. Reports are that a 60-year-old man driving a small pickup truck rear-ended a semi tractor trailer hauling a boat, said Lt. Joel Granata…
According to BAYNEWS 9 – A teenager was cited Wednesday after police said she crashed into a patrol car while she was texting and cutting school. According to reports, just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Tanya Manning was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Bruce B. Downs and Palms Springs boulevards in…
According to “insurance experts,” LOW SPEED IMPACTS are generally considered to be any collision that takes place at speeds under ten (10) mph. Some insurance companies have set up special claims units to handle LOW SPEED IMPACT accidents and have even termed them at “MIST claims.” The acronym M.I.S.T. stands for Minor Impact Soft Tissue….