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• School Bus Crash Kills Seven Children and Injures Several More

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2006 9:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Tonight, a dreadful truck and school bus accident that highlights the need for safer driving and safer school buses. Seven children were killed and several more injured in a multi-vehicle accident that killed or seriously injured more than a dozen people. The accident occurred in Union County outside of Jacksonville on State Road 121 about four miles south of Lake Butler. According to police...

• 15 year old Driver Drowns in Auto Accident

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 2:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  What was he thinking? An 18 year old Guatemalan citizen who let his 15 year old friend drive his brother-in-law's Honda demonstrated a serious lack of judgment and maturity which resulted in the death of the young female driver, who drowned when the car crashed into a canal near Biscayne National Park. Ever Lisner Vasquez escaped the sunken car, waved to passersby for help, and fled the scene....

• Toddler Dies in Car Inches from Parent

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2006 1:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to the Miami Herald, a two year old Miramar boy died Thursday when he got his head caught in the window of his father's car while his father slept in the front seat. He apparently was leaning out of the window of the car when he accidentally pressed the up switch on the car window. This unfortunate tragedy may have been prevented with better safety mechanisms on the car. The accident...

• More Dangerous Diet Drugs in Miami?

  Staff Writer | January 13, 2006 9:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA warned of two more drugs being sold primarily on the Internet, Brazilian herbal supplements containing controlled substances that could cause "serious injury or side effects." The two dangerous supplements are called Herbathin and Emagrace Slim. Both manufactured by Fitoterapicos (also spelled Fytoterapicos) and Phytotherm Sim.In the FDA warning, the FDA said that dieters should avoid...

• Truck Accident Kills Miramar Firefighter

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2006 5:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In a horrible accident this morning, a firefighter was struck and killed by a tractor-trailor when he was struck after stopping on 1-95 to fix a problem with his truck. The Miami Herald has more: Truck Accident.

• Pedestrian Killed By Officer Responding To 911 Call

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 5:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Margate officer hit and killed a pedestrian yesterday while responding to a 911 call reporting a possible drunk driver. The accident occurred on state road 7 in a dimly-lit area of the 6-lane road.Officer Roman Fayer, 25, was driving southbound on State Road 7 when he struck Alan Thomas Byrne, who was not in a crosswalk, according to Margate police Lt. Andy Zettek.Byrne died at the scene of...

• Hit and Run Claims Ft. Lauderdale Woman

  Staff Writer | January 08, 2006 5:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  As of this morning, police were still searching for the driver in a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a Ft. Lauderdale woman. A little after 2 AM Saturday, friends dropped Emmarie Roberts off near I-95 and Broward Blvd. Shortly thereafter, she was walking on the southbound exit ramp where she was struck and killed.Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact FHP Cpl....

• Insurance Companies Inflated Medical Malpractice Claims

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2006 5:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A study performed by the non-profit watchdog group, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, found that Insurers consistently overstated their estimated amounts paid out in claims, inflating their losses by an AVERAGE of 46% between 1986 and 1994. These misleading numbers were supported by documents filed with state regulators and in statements made to public officials, the Insurance Journal...

• Passenger's Family Sues Chalk's Airline

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 6:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Kendrick Sherman of Bimini filed a lawsuit against Chalk's Ocean Airways in Miami-Dade Cicuit Court Tuesday, alleging Chalk's knew of corrosion in the wings of their aging planes as early as ten years ago, according to the Sun Sentinel yesterday. Chalk's has been financially challenged over the past few years (which may mean the planes have been poorly maintained), but plaintiffs in the case...

• Speeding Motorists Kills Girl en route to School

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 5:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An 11 year old girl in front of her school Tuesday when a woman drove her silver Lexus through a red light, waving crossing gaurds and flashing lights, hitting Diannet Leyva as she walked in the crosswalk holding her 19 year-old sister's hand. The girl was declared brain dead within minutes after arriving at the hospital. Police have written numerous tickets for traffic violations in the area,...