Automobile Accidents

• Florida teen dies because he was not wearing seatbelt

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | November 09, 2009 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Matthew Kornya's Nov. 7 car accident didn’t have to be tragic. He was not supposed to be driving a car because, as a minor, he only held a learner’s permit. He may have also been...

• Family Searching For Elderly Woman Who Disappeared After Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 20, 2009 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Relatives are desperately seeking the whereabouts of Ethel Hill, 80, of Pompano Beach, who went missing Wednesday evening moments after she was involved in a minor car accident in downtown...

• Motorcycle Accident Lawyers

  Staff Writer | June 02, 2006 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  I've been reading our colleague John Inserra's blog in Omaha, Nebraska, and there's a bunch of great information for those involved in motorcycle accidents. I especially appreciate John's link to Mark Lawrence's list of state motorcycle laws.

• Insurance Company Denies Claims "Until Pigs Fly"

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2006 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A Denver jury awarded a University of Colorado professor $3 million against American Insurance Co. Professor Nick Peressini was severely injured in an auto accident in 2002. The insurance company refused payment. Peressini's lawyer uncovered the unethical practices and company culture promoted by supervisors which included reference to a small toy pink pig with wings, that the company would...

• Miami Auto Accident Kills Three in Late Night Crash

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2006 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A young man from Miami-Dade was among three killed in a fiery head on collision early Sunday morning. 26 year old Martin Gaitan was travelling home on lane of the Florida Turnpike when he collided head on with a card driven by two occupants travelling in the other direction. At the moment, it is not clear from the Miami Herald story Fiery Head-on Crash Kills Three which of the drivers were at...

• School Bus Crash Kills Seven Children and Injures Several More

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2006 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  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 CommentsMiami, FL

  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 CommentsMiami, FL

  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...

• Truck Accident Kills Miramar Firefighter

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2006 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  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 CommentsMiami, FL

  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...