In a surprising response to hit and run incidents in Florida, legislators have introduced a proposal for the upcoming legislative session. Introduced by State Senator Jon Gruters of Sarasota, the proposed law would make it mandatory for auto repair shops to either request or complete crash reports before repairing vehicles damaged in accidents. According to…
Mike Williams, a former star wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, tragically lost his life due to an devastating construction site accident in Florida. Williams had been engaged in electrical work at a Tampa-area construction site when a steel beam struck him on the head. He suspected a concussion and promptly sought medical attention….
You are walking across a parking lot towards the grocery store, noticing a large hole that you always take great care to avoid, when your phone unexpectedly rings. You immediately fumble in your pocket to get it out and, the next thing you know, you are on the ground with a throbbing knee and it…
A fatal parasailing accident from May 2022 is back in the news after the husband of an Illinois woman who was killed in the Florida Keys speaks out about the incident according to a report from Local 10 News. The decedent, who hailed from outside Chicago, was parasailing with her ten-year-old son and her seven-year-old…
After 14-year-old Tyre Sampson died in a fall from the FreeFall ride at Orlando’s ICON Park, another ride re-opened after being closed for a year for safety concerns. According to a report, the Slingshot ride re-opened one year after the teenager’s death after being closed for further safety inspections. The same day the ride re-opened,…
The national automobile safety advocacy group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently released its 19th annual Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, a report rating all fifty states for the effectiveness of their traffic safety laws. Perhaps unsurprisingly for many Floridians, Florida was only one of eleven states that were rated as a “danger”…
Only Weeks After Re-Opening from its COVID Closure After more than 19 months of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supposedly taking that time to attempt to revamp some of the safety measures that were resulting in the railroad’s industry-worst death rate, Brightline trains recently resumed operations in South Florida in November. Despite…
The Florida Senate bill that would allow law enforcement to pull over drivers for texting and driving passed its final Senate committee last week. This is the farthest a distracted driving bill has gone in the Florida Legislature. Senate Bill 76 passed the Rules Committee last Wednesday afternoon and is headed to the Florida Senate…
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 that a sport utility vehicle carrying the tourists from Spain was…
Floridians are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Irma came ashore in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm before then making landfall on Florida’s West Coast as a Category 3. Millions are still without power across the entire Sunshine State…
