Articles Tagged with Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL – A truck driver failed to maintain his lane, causing him to crash into an SUV and leaving him and four others with serious injuries Tuesday. 

The two-vehicle collision happened after 1 p.m. on State Road 780, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida Highway Patrol said the pickup truck driver had driven in the westbound direction, drifted off the road, and then crashed into the SUV. 

Troopers identified the pickup truck driver as a 28-year-old local to Sarasota and the SUV driver as a woman from Sarasota. The woman had three teenage passengers with her, who were identified as a 13-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl. 

SARASOTA, FL – A BMW driver was said to have been speeding when he lost control of his car, causing the car to overturn and claiming the life of his passenger Saturday. 

ABC Action News said the solo collision happened on the westbound lanes of Northagate Boulevard at 2:45 a.m. Once the car rolled over, it went over a curb and then hit a tree. The backseat passenger, a 21-year-old man from Bradenton, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The front seat passenger and driver, also a 21-year-old man from Bradenton, was left with minor injuries. 

SARASOTA, FL – Local police are working to determine the events that led to a crash with injuries west of the Sarasota International Airport Monday afternoon. 

Officers arrived at the intersection of North Tamiami Trail and University Parkway after 12 p.m. Police have not specified the extent of injuries sustained or mentioned the kind of people and vehicles involved. 

Our team of news writers will provide updates once more information comes to light. 

SARASOTA, FL – A hit-and-run suspect was responsible for hitting a woman and two children with their car, claiming the kids’ lives and leaving the lady in critical condition Monday.

Sarasota Police told My SunCoast that they believe the suspect was operating a white Lexus ES300 car when they ran over the victims at the intersection of North Washington Boulevard and 7th Street. 

EMS crews transported the woman, 29, and the kids with her, a 5-month-old baby and a 2-year-old toddler, to local hospitals. There, the children pass away while the woman continues to fight for her life. 

SARASOTA, FL – A 31-year-old man lost his life, and a Sarasota County deputy was rushed to a hospital following two separate crashes that happened Thursday.

The first collision, which involved the deputy, happened in the area of University Club, Fox13 News said. The details behind this specific wreck are unclear. However, what was confirmed is that the impact led the deputy to suffer non-life-threatening wounds.

The second crash happened when the 31-year-old man, driving a pickup truck on southbound Lockwood Ridge Road, went over the grassy median and then hit a telephone pole. The man, from Bradenton, succumbed to his injuries. He was the sole occupant of his vehicle.

VENICE, FL – An 83-year-old man driving an SUV failed to yield the right of way to a trash truck and struck it, which led him to succumb to his injuries Tuesday. 

The collision happened around 10 a.m. at the intersection of Tempest Harbor Loop and River Road, FOX4Now reports.The driver of the trash truck was going south on River Road, and the 83-year-old man was east on Tempest Harbor Loop Road when the vehicles collided. 

EMS crews declared the elderly man dead at the scene and confirmed the truck driver, 56, was unharmed.