Unfortunately, children are not only at risk for suffering a severe injury or death when out in the roadway or travelling as a passenger in a car, truck, SUV or other vehicle. Every year, numerous children are involved in back-over accidents and are even run over at their own home.…
Florida lawmakers have recently proposed a new bill that would ban anyone under the age of 18 from using electronic devices while driving in Florida. This means teens would not be allowed to make calls, use Facebook or any other website while driving. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
A 42-year-old St. Petersburg woman was killed Monday after the vehicle she was riding in was broadsided on Fourth Street N. in St. Petersburg. According to police, the woman was a passenger in a 1992 Buick driven by her 53-year-old roommate. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. Police claim the…
A three-vehicle collision in Oldsmar Wednesday afternoon took the life of an 81-year-old man. The accident occurred around 2:47 p.m. at the intersection of Tampa Road and St. Petersburg Drive. According to Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies, the Clearwater man’s wife, 65, was driving a 2005 Cadillac DeVille west on Tampa…
A three-year-old boy was taken to the hospital and listed in critical condition Saturday night after being struck by a car in Sarasota. The crash took place on Bee Ridge Road and Briggs Avenue around 7 p.m., according to reports. The Florida Highway Patrol believes the child ran into the…
Last month, two children were rescued from inside a car that had flipped over in a St. Petersburg canal. St. Petersburg police said a chain reaction collision caused the children to be knocked into the canal and trapped them inside the vehicle. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. just after…
A 44-year-old Sarasota bicyclist was killed Monday after he was struck by a vehicle on Bee Ridge, authorities said. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred near the intersection of Hidden Glen Drive east of Interstate 75. Based on…
A 29-year-old man responsible for a hit-and-run collision in Clearwater that killed a man and severely injured a woman has turned himself in, according to Clearwater Police. The man apparently told police he blacked out and cannot remember hitting the man and woman on Monday morning on the Memorial Causeway.…
A street race across the Courtney Campbell Causeway resulted in a smashup with a Tampa police cruiser late Sunday night, ultimately closing the westbound side of the bridge until the early hours of the morning. According to reports, a black two-door car was travelling west across the Causeway at a…
An 8-year-old Bradenton girl was killed in a gruesome crash in Manatee County on Sunday. Officials believe the crash occurred east of I-75 on State Road 70, just west of Curtis Road around 4 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a SUV lost control and drove over a median,…