Child Accident

A South Florida woman and her grandson were in a vehicle that was struck by a Brightline train Monday. Local10.com reports that at about 10:20 am the woman and her one-year-old grandson were traveling in a vehicle when it collided with a Brightline train in the vicinity of Northeast Third Street and North Flagler Avenue. Surveillance…

MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A multi-vehicle collision in Miami Gardens Sunday afternoon sent several people to the hospital, WSVN reported. A total of six vehicles were involved in the crash that took place in the area of State Road 7 and Northwest 188th Street at about 3:30 p.m. Authorities did not specify how many people…

Florida authorities have arrested a South Florida man in connection with a traffic collision that killed three people including a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Local10.com reports that on the night of May 1, 2020, 35-year-old Miami resident Tomas Javier Rodriguez was driving approximately 109 mph on Northeast 8th Street when he ran a…

A Fort Lauderdale woman and her three children were involved in a serious crash Thursday, leaving the car destroyed and all three of the children hospitalized. WSVN.com reports that Fallone Pinphinat was just leaving her home with her children when a Dodge charger slammed into her vehicle, pushing it into a truck that was in front…

FORT PIERCE, FL – Police arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a young girl in Fort Pierce last month, TC Palm reports. This is an update to a previous story. 22-year-old Arianna Aleja Colon is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash involving the death of a human.…

A South Florida man is being accused of molesting a boy in Aventura, and investigators believe that there may be more victims. Local10.com reports that the suspect, Gerald Jose Millan Gutierrez, was driving the alleged victim home from receiving a haircut when he allegedly pulled over en route and begun to show the boy pornography…

BOYNTON BEACH, FL –  A fatal head-on collision occurred in Palm Beach County Saturday afternoon, according to WPTV. Authorities said the driver of a BMW X3 went over a center median while going north on S. Military Trail in Boynton Beach just before 3:30 p.m. The vehicle entered the path of a Toyota Tundra and…

FORT PIERCE, FL – Police reported new developments Friday in a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a child in Fort Pierce. WPTV reported that police had identified a person of interest in the case and had also located the vehicle involved in the incident. The crash occurred Thursday morning in the area of…

A South Florida mayor is advising locals not to use a local crosswalk, claiming it is too dangerous. The crosswalk is located in Sunny Isles Beach at Collins Avenue near 189th Street. Locals say that the crosswalk is so dangerous because cars tend not to stop there as they are “racing up the causeway,” which is nearby.…

A psychiatrist has been arrested for alleged child sex abuse in Miami-Dade. Local10.com reports that 65-year-old Dr. Tom Wyatt is accused of having sexually abused Gentry Fry and two of his friends when they were children. Fry accuses Wyatt, who also goes by the name Thomas Clayton Wyatt, of showing the boys pornography and sexually abusing…

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are recalling tens of thousands of vehicles due to a defective trunk latch. ConsumerReports.org reports that Hyundai is recalling 348,158 vehicles and automaker Kia is recalling an additional 253,074 cars. The defect can cause truck latches not to function properly, especially in high temperatures. The defective latches can prevent the…

A 12-year-old boy tragically lost his life in a boating collision on Friday. According to the Wildlife Conservation Commission, the crash occurred near Suntree, Florida in Brevard County at about 10:30 a.m. The collision occurred in the Indian River Lagoon when a personal watercraft collided with another vessel. The crash ejected the personal watercraft’s occupants, including…

A single-vehicle crash left one dead and two injured in Broward County on Monday. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred around midday near the 2200 block of Griffin Road when a blue vehicle struck a pole. Carey Codd of the Broward Sheriff’s Office says that the vehicle struck the pole and then caught fire. The…

The owner of Master Franco’s Taekwondo Academy, Robert Franco, is facing charges that he secretly video-recorded the bathroom of his taekwondo studio. In all, he reportedly taped up to 150 people who used the studio’s bathroom, both children and adults. A student name Jade, a 17-year-old who attended the studio, apparently discovered the cameras after…

Yesterday we blogged about a driver who crashed into a Miami-area restaurant, injuring several people. Now, more information about the incident is available. WSVN.com reports that the driver of the vehicle that crashed into Don Camarón Seafood Grill & Market, located at Northwest Fifth Street and 37th Avenue, had suffered a medical emergency leading up…

MIAMI-DADE, FL – Police and emergency units were at the scene of a car accident in northeast Miami-Dade County Friday that left six people injured. WPLG reports the multi-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 199th Street sometime before 1:15 p.m.   Two adults were among the injured.  One was taken to Jackson…

PLANTATION, FL – A car accident on University Drive in Plantation Thursday morning killed the driver and a child passenger, NBC Miami reports. Police said the driver lost control of a Mercedes-Benz between Northwest 3rd and 5th Streets at about 3:30 a.m. The car then collided with a tree and caught fire. The driver and child,…

MIAMI, FL – A crash in Miami early Monday morning left two teenagers injured, according to WSVN. Police said the teens were inside one of the vehicles involved in the accident in the area of Southwest 64th Avenue and Southwest 8th Street at about 5 a.m. Miami Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and took the injured victims…