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Common Causes of Florida Boat Accidents
When you are seriously injured from a boating accident, you have the right to seek compensation for your injuries. There will be several medical expenses, lost time from work, and additional pain and suffering that you deserve to be compensated for. But you have to file suit in the right court (venue) and within the…
Read MoreNews: Bicyclist struck, killed by hit-and-run driver in Miami
MIAMI, FL – Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Miami late Wednesday night, WSVN reports. The accident happened in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 84th Street, where the 27-year-old bicycle rider was hit by two vehicles at about 11 p.m. Police said the first driver who hit…
Read MoreNews: Driver dies in Palm Beach County rollover accident
LAKE WORTH, FL – A rollover crash in Palm Beach County Tuesday night left a driver dead, authorities said. According to WPEC, the victim was identified as 34-year-old Damaine Wagstaffe. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said he was driving a Honda Civic north on Haverhill Road in Lake Worth when the incident took place…
Read MoreNews: Stolen vehicle slams into Fort Lauderdale apartment building
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A teenage driver was arrested Monday night after police say he crashed a stolen vehicle into a building in Fort Lauderdale. According to WPLG, the 17-year-old was driving a BMW that was stolen in Hollywood when a police officer spotted the vehicle and began to follow it. Police say the driver…
Read MoreNews: Video released in search for driver in fatal Broward County hit-and-run
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash. Traffic homicide detectives released surveillance video of the June 30th incident that happened in the area of Northwest 25th Avenue and Franklin Park Drive near Fort Lauderdale. Investigators said the victim…
Read MoreNews: 1 dead after car crashes, catches fire on I-75 in Davie
DAVIE, FL – State troopers said a single-vehicle accident in Davie Saturday morning left a driver dead. According to WPLG, the driver was headed south on Interstate 75 near the Griffin Road overpass when the crash happened at about 8 a.m. Witnesses told the Florida Highway Patrol that the driver veered off the highway. The vehicle…
Read MoreNews: Police searching for driver who slammed into box truck on U.S. 1
MIAMI, FL – Police are trying to track down the driver involved in a crash in Miami Sunday morning, WSVN reports. The collision took place on U.S. 1 south near Southwest 17th Avenue at about 6 a.m. Police said a box truck delivering frozen foods was rear-ended by a Kia traveling south. The impact caused the…
Read MoreNews: Driver critically injured in 3-vehicle wreck in Port St. Lucie
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A driver was critically injured in a crash in Port St. Lucie, police said. According to WPEC, the incident happened Thursday night on NW Selvitz Boulevard at about 6:30 p.m. Investigators said the driver of a southbound vehicle sideswiped a second vehicle, then crashed head-on into a third vehicle. One…
Read MoreNews: Stolen vehicle involved in fatal accident in Oakland Park
OAKLAND PARK, FL – Police say a stolen vehicle was involved in a fatal crash following a chase in Broward County on Sunday morning. According to a report by WSVN, Fort Lauderdale police responded to a home on Mercedes Drive following a report of a burglary. Officers discovered that three vehicles had been stolen. They gave…
Read MoreNews: Tri-Rail train hits abandoned vehicle in Fort Lauderdale, injuring 6
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Police said six people were injured in a railroad accident in Fort Lauderdale Saturday morning, NBC Miami reports. The incident took place in the vicinity of NW 8th Street and NW 21st Terrace, where a Tri-Rail train hit a vehicle that was left abandoned on the tracks and was unoccupied. Rescue…
Read MoreNews: Dump truck and tractor-trailer collide in Hialeah Gardens, injuring driver
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a truck driver was injured in a crash with another vehicle in Hialeah Gardens Thursday, reports WPLG. The FHP said a tractor-trailer driver was headed south on West Okeechobee Road at about 3 p.m. and tried to make a left turn onto Northwest 138th Street. The…
Read MoreNews: Motorcyclist critically injured in crash with car in Lauderdale Lakes
LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL – A motorcyclist was hospitalized following an accident in Lauderdale Lakes on Thursday. According to WPLG, the motorcycle collided with a car in the area of State Road 7 and NW 44th Street. The 45-year-old man riding the motorcycle suffered injuries that were reported to be life-threatening. The driver of the car…
Read MoreNews: 1 driver dead, 1injured following high-speed collision near Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, FL – A collision at an intersection near Palm Springs early Wednesday morning left one driver dead and the other seriously injured, authorities said. According to a report by WPTV, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 28-year-old Olivia Maly was driving a Dodge Challenger at a high rate of speed at about 2 a.m.…
Read MoreNews: Driver, 18, killed in multi-vehicle accident in Deerfield Beach
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – A teenage driver was killed in a multi-vehicle accident in Deerfield Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release. BSO deputies and rescue crews responded to the scene on West Hillsboro Boulevard near Deer Creek Boulevard Saturday morning just after 1:45 a.m. Investigators determined that 18-year-old Denis Haikin of…
Read MoreNews: Highway closed in Coconut Grove following pedestrian accident
COCONUT GROVE, FL – Drivers were alerted to a road closure in Coconut Grove Thursday morning following a pedestrian accident. According to a tweet from Total Traffic Miami at 9:44 a.m., S. Dixie Highway (US-1) was shut down at Southwest 27th Avenue due to a serious crash involving a pedestrian. No further details were provided about…
Read MoreNews: Motorcyclist struck by hit-and-run driver in Miami Springs
MIAMI SPRINGS, FL – Police say a man on a motorcycle was injured when he was struck by a vehicle in Miami Springs Tuesday night. According to WPLG, the motorcyclist was riding on South Royal Poinciana Boulevard when he was hit near Sheridan Drive at about 9:40 p.m. The man was critically injured and was…
Read MoreNews: Rollover car accident on U.S. 27 in Broward County kills teenage driver
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – A car accident in Broward County Tuesday morning claimed the life of a teenage driver, NBC Miami reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 17-year-old male was driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 27 near Interstate 75 when the incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Investigators said the teen lost control of the…
Read MoreNews: Driver facing charges in Miami-Dade wrong-way wreck that left 5 dead
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Authorities say they have arrested the man who drove the wrong way in a crash that killed five people in Miami-Dade County, NBC Miami reports. This is an update to a previous story. The Florida Highway Patrol said 30-year-old Maiky Simeon is facing five counts of vehicular homicide for the wreck that occurred…
Read MoreNews: Woman, 77, struck and killed by car in Dania Beach
DANIA BEACH, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating a crash that killed an elderly pedestrian in Dania Beach last week. BSO deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to the scene on South Federal Highway Thursday just after 2 a.m. Investigators said 77-year-old Doris Sandman of Dania Beach was crossing on…
Read MoreNews: Collision in Palm Beach County leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
LAKE WORTH BEACH, FL – Authorities said one person was killed and two others injured Saturday in a high-speed car wreck in Palm Beach County. According to WPTV, the accident happened on Lantana Road near Lake Worth Beach at 6:39 p.m. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 20-year-old Guy Ludgy Barbancourt was driving a…
Read MoreNews: Woman struck by vehicle while walking near hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, FL – A driver was arrested following a pedestrian accident in Miami Beach on Saturday morning. According to a report by WSVN, the driver of a Kia sedan lost control of the vehicle on Collins Avenue at about 9 a.m. and struck a woman who was walking on the sidewalk near a hotel.…
Read MoreNews: 5 dead in crash involving wrong-way driver on Palmetto Expressway
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A crash involving a wrong-way driver in Miami-Dade County over the weekend left five people dead, according to WPLG. The incident took place early Saturday morning on the Palmetto Expressway near Northwest 57th Avenue. The Florida Highway Patrol said 30-year-old Maiky Simeon was driving a silver Infiniti east in the expressway’s…
Read MoreNews: Driver flees scene after crashing into store in SW Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A search is underway for the driver who fled the scene of a crash in Southwest Miami-Dade on Thursday, according to WSVN. Police said the driver crashed into the wall of a Dollar Tree store in the vicinity of Southwest 117th Avenue and Southwest 72nd Street at about 5:3 0p.m. The…
Read MoreNews: North Lauderdale woman arrested for crash that injured toddler
OAKLAND PARK, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest in a crash that injured a toddler in Oakland Park last week. The incident happened Aug. 11 in the area of Northwest 43rd Street and Northwest 5th Avenue, where deputies arrived shortly after 6 p.m. and found that a 2-year-old child had been struck…
Read MoreNews: Fatal car accident shuts down southbound lanes of Interstate 95
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A car accident left a man dead and shut down a portion of Interstate 95 on Wednesday afternoon, the Miami Herald reported. The crash happened on I-95 south near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at about 2:30 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man was driving a Toyota Matrix when…
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