15
Sep
Tesla Slams into Concrete Wall in Fort Lauderdale, Bursting into Flames Killing Two Teens and Prompting Federal Inquiry
A 2014 Tesla Model S recently ran into a concrete wall and burst into flames in Fort Lauderdale, killing two teenagers and prompting an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). According to a report from Bloomberg News, the teenagers were driving at a hig...
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Sep
Star Delray Beach Football Player Killed in Dirt Bike Accident
According to a recent Sun-Sentinel report, an Atlantic High School senior and star football player from Delray Beach was recently killed in an accident when his dirt bike crashed into an SUV in the nearby town of Greenacres. The accident occurred when the dirt bike, which did not...
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15
Sep
Four Tourists Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident in Delray Beach
A recent tragic accident in Delray Beach killed four tourists visiting Florida from South America. According to a report from the Sun-Sentinel regarding the crash, the deceased victims included a mother and her two young children from Mexico and her brother, who hailed from Argen...
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15
Sep
Insurance Industry 2017 Data Shows Florida Is One of the Leading States for Dog Bite Incidents
A recent nationwide study showed that the number of dog bite incidents across the U. S. increased 2. 2 percent in 2017 when compared with 2016, and that Florida was one of the leading states for such incidents. The study, which was conducted by insurance industry trade group the In...
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15
Sep
Motorcyclist Injured in Sarasota in Road Rage Incident
A motorcyclist in Sarasota was recently injured after another motorist deliberately swerved directly into the motorcyclist in a fit of road rage after the two had engaged in an argument. Although this blatant example of road rage is not commonly exhibited by drivers in Florida, i...
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15
Sep
Female Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident in Tampa, the Sixteenth Fatality in the Tampa Bay Area in One Week
A female pedestrian died in a hit-and-run accident outside Tampa last week, marking the sixteenth fatality in a motor vehicle accident in the greater Tampa area in a single week. According to a report from ABC Action News, this most recent fatality occurred when a woman was attem...
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Sep
Distracted Driving Accidents in Florida: On the Rise and Unlikely to Change Any Time Soon
In honor of Distracted Driving Month in April, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) recently released statistics showing that 2017 was the worst year on record for accidents involving distracted drivers in Florida. Even though more than 50,000 accidents occurred in 2017 that were att...
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Sep
Investigation Shows Former Professional Hockey Player At Fault in Fatal September 2017 Florida Boating Accident
A former professional hockey player and educator who was killed and his young daughter injured in a Florida boating accident in September 2017 was determined to be at fault in the accident after an extensive investigation whose findings were recently released by the Florida Fish...
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15
Sep
Self-Driving Uber Car in Arizona Kills Pedestrian
A pedestrian wheeling a bicycle across the road was recently killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, calling into question the safety of the company’s self-driving vehicles and its use of public roads for test-driving those vehicles. This was believed to be the first p...
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Sep
Pedestrian Bridge Collapses at Florida International University, Killing Six and Injuring Nine
In a Florida workplace accident that made national news headlines, a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University's (FIU) main campus in Miami collapsed on March 15th during structural testing that was being performed even though cracks had been discovered in the b...
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15
Sep
Four Tourists Killed in Crash That Shuts Down US-1 in the Florida Keys
Four tourists from Spain recently were killed in an accident in the Florida Keys that also involved an industrial truck as well as a recreational vehicle (RV). According to a report from ABC news on the crash, the Florida Highway Patrol's preliminary investigation showed th...
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15
Sep
Hit and Run Drivers Highlight the Need for Uninsured Motorist Coverage
A rash of hit and run drivers continues to plague Florida despite laws aimed at preventing drivers from leaving the scene of an accident according to a recent article from the Gainesville Sun newspaper. A recent examination of statistics from the Florida Highway Patrol shows that...
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