As a pedestrian, you are at a major disadvantage when crossing streets, intersections and standing on corners. You are not always visible to drivers; especially for large truck and bus drivers and you don’t stand a chance if a vehicle hits you. Pedestrians need to be careful of all vehicles and never take chances when…
TAMPA – The Florida Department of Transportation’s Motor Carrier Compliance Office and the Center for Urban Transportation Research are teaming up to launch a Better Driver safety campaign, specifically targeting aggressive drivers on Interstate 75. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 67% of crash fatalities and 33% of injuries involved aggressive driving, including both…
The Chicago Tribune reported, “Toymaker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead.” The fine is the result of ” part of a settlement the companies reached with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced Friday that “the…
SEMINOLE – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident involving a motorcycle. The crash occurred shortly after 9 p.m. at Starkey Road and 109th Avenue. Emergency officials said a second crash occurred when a vehicle hit an ambulance as it was en route to the hospital from the crash scene. No details on…
PINELLAS COUNTY — Police say a pedestrian was seriously hurt after he was hit by a car while crossing U.S. 19 Thursday morning. According to reports, a pedestrian was crossing U.S. 19 when he was hit by a vehicle, who was driving southbound at the time. Police say the pedestrian’s injuries are life-threatening. The pedestrian…
LEESBURG — A deadly rollover crash on the Florida Turnpike is blamed for two deaths. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said it happened after a van filled with nine people, including an infant, blew a tire along the highway near the U.S. 27 exit in Lake County. The van then rolled over several times. Troopers said…
WILDWOOD — Officers are cracking down on the drivers of dangerous tractor-trailers that are putting lives at risk on Central Florida highways because of faulty brakes and bad tires. News 13 was there as Department of Transportation officers at a weigh station on I-75, just north of Wildwood, inspected several commercial trucks. It’s part of…
PLANT CITY — A tractor-trailer truck Tuesday toppled over onto a car driven by a woman who fell asleep at the wheel, trapping the drivers in the wreckage and snarling traffic along Interstate 4 for hours. Both drivers escaped with only minor injuries. The driver of the car was in the center lane when she…
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) — A Bay area woman is recovering after police said she and her dog were attacked by pit bulls Saturday morning.According to Bay News 9’s partner paper, the St. Petersburg Times, 79-year-old Betty Nebbia was walking her seven-pound Yorkshire terrier Ditto along Bahama Shores Drive SE in St. Petersburg when…
The Associated Press reports that, at a cost of “upward of $250 million” so far, contact lens manufacturer Bausch & Lomb, Inc. “has quietly settled nearly 600 fungal-infection lawsuits” relating to its “flagship lens cleaner,” ReNu with MoistureLoc, “a new-formula multipurpose solution for cleaning, storing, and moistening soft contact lenses.” To date, “more than 700…