Personal Injury

MIAMI, FL – Police were searching for suspects Monday morning following a hit-and-run crash in Miami. According to NBC Miami, two vehicles were involved in a collision in the area of Northwest 11th Avenue and Northwest 3rd Street in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood. Police said a Range Rover struck a maroon vehicle before crashing into a…

GREENACRES, FL – An elderly driver was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Palm Beach County last week, according to a report by WPTV. The accident occurred Thursday in the vicinity of Silver Buttonwood Drive and 10th Avenue North in Greenacres. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 79-year-old Suzanne McClellan of Palm Beach Gardens was…

A vehicle struck a pedestrian on the Florida Turnpike Monday, seriously injuring the victim. Local10.com reports that a flatbed truck struck the victim on Monday afternoon in the vicinity of Bird Road near the Florida Turnpike. Apparently, after the diver collided with the victim, the driver remained at the scene, as is required by Florida law.…

POMPANO BEACH, FL – A collision in Pompano Beach Saturday injured three deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, according to NBC Miami. Investigators said the three were in an unmarked patrol car near the 800 block of South Dixie Highway when the crash with another vehicle took place at about 7:41 p.m. The deputies suffered…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Authorities have identified a person of interest in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a man in Homestead last week, reports WPLG. This is an update to a previous story. The person police are searching for is 20-year-old Edgar Mendez of Homestead.  Detectives are trying to locate him in regards to…

Three Broward Sheriff’s deputies were hospitalized following a crash on Saturday. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred in Pompano Beach when officers were traveling in an unmarked car and were involved in a traffic collision with another vehicle near the 800 block of South Dixie Highway. The report does not indicate the cause of the…

South Florida Boaters came to the rescue of at least four people after a section of a local restaurant suddenly fell into the water. WSVN.com reports that the incident occurred at about 5:00 p.m. on Friday at Flip Flops Dockside Eatery, located in the 3000 block of Northeast 32nd Avenue. Several people, many from out…

BOCA RATON, FL – Authorities say a driver is under arrest in connection with a collision in Boca Raton that injured another driver. Accordng to WPEC, 30-year-old Amanda Farino is charged with leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving without a license. The accident took place in October 2021 at the intersection of…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a man in Homestead on Sunday, according to a report by WSVN. The victim, identified as 71-year-old Carlos Diaz, was hit by a vehicle in the area of Northwest 8th Street.  Family members said the incident happened as he walked on a sidewalk…

Three people were injured in a boating crash on the Intercostal Waterway in Highland Beach over the weekend. One of the victims died from his injuries. CBS12.com reports that a man and two minors were involved in the crash, which occurred when the 25-foot-vessel in which they were riding hit a wake and lost control.…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue was on the scene of a workplace accident Wednesday afternoon that left a man hospitalized. In a Facebook post, the rescue team said it responded to reports of a man trapped in a machine.  WSVN reports the incident took place at a tile business in the area of Southwest 21st…

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – A woman died after she was hit by a train early Wednesday morning in Broward County, reports NBC Miami.  Deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene at Southeast 4th Street and South Dixie Highway after the incident was reported just before 4 a.m. The pedestrian, whose identity has…

A Miami medical school student is thankful after surviving a hit-and-run crash in Brickell in mid-December. WSVN.com reports that the crash occurred on Southeast Seventh Street when a Dodge Durango slammed into Jason Greenfield and Ian Edelman. Greenfield is a medical student at the University of Miami. In a video of the crash, shared on…

MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A driver was critically injured in a car accident in Miami Gardens early Sunday morning, WSVN reports. According to police, a man was driving east on Northwest 183rd Street at about 5 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and collided with a tree. Miami Gardens Police responded to the scene…

BOCA RATON, FL – A portion of Interstate 95 was shut down Tuesday morning after two vehicles were involved in a fatal crash. According to WPTV, the accident occurred in the northbound lanes of I-95 in the area of Glades Road in Boca Raton at about 2:45 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a sedan and…

Two people were seriously injured after a vehicle struck them in Pompano Beach Tuesday. WSVN.com reports that the collision occurred near Northwest Sixth Avenue and Second Street when the vehicle struck the victims, apparently as they crossed the street. The report does not give details as to the circumstances surrounding the collision and does not detail…

Automaker Hyundai is recalling tens of thousands of vehicles due to a defect that could cause the vehicles’ windshields to detach during a crash. ConsumerReports.org reports that Hyundai is recalling 26,000 sedans including 2020 and 2021 model year Elantras and Sonatas. According to the report, faulty adhesives may have improperly bound the windshield to the vehicles.…

MIRAMAR, FL – A 70-year-old pedestrian died following an accident on the Florida Turnpike Saturday morning, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The Florida Highway Patrol said the male victim was walking across the turnpike near the exit for 27th Avenue/University Drive in Miramar when he was struck by a tractor-trailer at about 6 a.m.  The…

Yesterday we blogged that a woman from Alaska died while diving off the coast of Islamorada on Friday. Now,  details about the victim are beginning to surface. WinkNews.com reports that the victim was 57-year-old Dr. Kimberly Jean Kilgore, a pediatrician from Juneau, Alaska. The report says that Kilgore was diving with a group in about…