15
Sep
Golf Cart Accidents and Related ER Visits Up Sharply in U.S.
According to a recent Inside Edition report, golf cart accidents are up sharply over the past two years and such accidents are increasingly resulting in serious injuries for those involved. In the last two years, golf cart accidents led to an estimated 35,000 trips to the emergen...
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15
Sep
Florida is Again the State with Both the Largest Numbers of Boating Accidents and Boating Fatalities, Highlighting the Dangers of Being on the Water in Florida
In 2017, Florida was again the state with the highest number of both total boating accidents and boating fatalities in the country according to statistics compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Florida has hundreds of lakes in addition to its t...
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Sep
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage and Why It Is Essential for You to Carry in Florida
Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) insurance is an often-misunderstood but particularly important type of insurance that is essential to carry in Florida as a part of your automobile liability insurance policy. While UM coverage can be added to your automobile liability insuran...
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15
Sep
What If Am I Rear-Ended by a Driver Who Flees the Scene of the Accident in Florida?
Imagine you are rear-ended by a driver in Florida. As required by Florida law, you immediately pull to the side of the road in order to exchange insurance and contact information with the other driver. Before you have a chance to even react, the other driver takes one look at you...
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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 a dirt bike without headligh...
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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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