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…
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…
SCHOOL’S OUT for summer. Here are some reminders for motorists: Slow down and pay attention when traveling in neighborhoods and near parks, schools and playgrounds. Be alert for bicyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians’ they’re harder to see. Watch for kids at play! Children on foot and on bikes are unpredictable and may dart out into traffic….
NATIONAL – The AP (6/19) reports, “The parents of a murdered Domino’s Pizza delivery driver have filed a $15 million wrongful death suit against the company in Massachusetts.” The suit, according to the family’s lawyer “is also an effort make the company change policies that sometimes put delivery people into dangerous situations.”
BROOKSVILLE — An early morning crash on southbound Interstate 75 south of State Road 50 in Brooksville has left one woman dead and two more injured, one seriously, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. One of the passengers was killed after she was ejected from the overturning car. At almost 3 a.m., a Ford Escape…
The Tampa Tribune (6/19, Behnken) reports, “As many as 100,000 homes nationwide have the drywall, some experts estimate, and Florida appears to be at the epicenter of the growing problem.” There were “dozens of builders” who “used the drywall, mainly from 2004 through 2007.” TRIPP LAW FIRM, P.A. – A Personal Injury Law Firm that…
Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A. I. T.) deputies continue their investigation to a fatal crash in Oldsmar. The crash occurred at about 12:34 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2009 at the intersection of State Road 580 and Bayview Boulevard. According to investigators, a 79-year-old driver of a Buick and a woman driving Toyota both entered…
LAND O’LAKES — A knocked-down power pole at Causeway Boulevard and Land O’Lakes Boulevard is partially blocking the road, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Around 6:30 a.m., a car hit the pole and fled, FHP said. It is unclear whether the driver was injured. FHP is investigating. No other details are yet known.
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…