Child Accident

A school bus was severely damaged, and five students were injured, when the bus and a semi-truck collided late last month. Live5News.com reports that the crash occurred in Levy County when both the bus and tractor-trailer were traveling on US 19 at about 3:45 p.m. As the bus traveled in front of the semi, the…

March is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. This effort, started by the Reaching for the Stars advocacy group in 2006, is intended to bring greater attention to the condition and to increase interest and funding for research into treatments and services that can allow people living with cerebral palsy to get the most out of…

Automaker BMW is recalling over a million vehicles worldwide due to a defect that could cause the automobiles to catch fire. News18.com reports that approximately 917,000 cars and SUVs are subject to the recall in the United States, with an additional approximately 120,000 subject to recall in Canada and South Korea. The defect affecting the…

A Broward County family is accusing a local daycare of severely injuring their child. WSVN.com reports that two-year-old Ron Jay Smith was under the care of the daycare at First Church of the Open Bible in Lauderdale Lakes when the injury occurred. The report says that Smith was playing with other kids, jumping up and…

A massive car crash in Broward County left one person dead and more than a half dozen injured. WSVN.com reports that the crash occurred near the Palm Beach County line on US 27 just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Though details regarding the collision were not immediately clear, the report does indicate that the crash involved…

On February 24 a horrific traffic incident saw a luxury vehicle hop a Miami Beach curb and strike several people. The collision left one person dead, many others injured, and locals wondering how this could happen. Now, the authorities have released surveillance video of the incident. New view has been released of the crash at…

A crash involving a school bus in Orange County, Florida left two people hospitalized on Monday. ClickOrlando.com reports that the collision occurred near South John Young Parkway and 38th Street when the school bus driver apparently became distracted due to an unruly student. While attending to the student the driver looked away from the road and…

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, marking a good time to consider just how devastating these injuries can be – and giving hope as new efforts and research focus on helping victims of brain injury recover. According to the CDC, the leading cause of brain injury is falling. Nearly half of all traumatic brain…

One person is dead following a Miami Beach crash in which a vehicle struck several people on a sidewalk. WSVN.com reports that the Bentley ran into several people outside a Miami Beach café at about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening. The crash apparently trapped one person underneath the massive vehicle, resulting in good Samaritans attempting to…

A South Florida mom is speaking out against a local daycare after an accident involving a bottle warmer left her son significantly burned. WSVN.com reports that Karen Hensel dropped off her 11-month-old son at the daycare at about 9 a.m. Sometime later the daycare called her and said that her son Malaki had suffered minor…

PEMBROKE PINES, FL – A girl riding her bicycle was struck by an SUV in Pembroke Pines Thursday afternoon, reports WPLG. The child was riding outside Lakeside Elementary School in the area of Northwest 136th Avenue and Northwest 10th Street when the accident occurred at about 2 p.m.  Pembroke Pines police said she was hit by a…

Yesterday we blogged about a girl who was hit and severely injured by a driver while she was riding her bike in Pembroke Pines. Now, authorities have released more information about the tragedy. WSVN.com reports that Pembroke Pines Police suspect that the driver who struck the girl may have suffered a medical emergency in the…

A child is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in South Florida Thursday. WSVN.com reports that the child was riding her bicycle in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood near Northwest 136th and 10th Street when a white SUV collided with her. Apparently, the SUV then crashed into a post and was severely damaged.…

WILTON MANORS, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office announced it has made an arrest in a hit-and-run crash that killed two children and injured four others in Wilton Manors on Monday afternoon. The suspected driver, 27-year-old Sean Charles Greer of Wilton Manors, was booked into jail Tuesday evening. Police and rescue crews responded to…

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports it is investigating a crash that killed a 5-year-old child in Lauderdale Lakes on Sunday evening. Authorities responded to the scene in the area of 2225 Northwest 32nd Terrace after the incident was reported at about 6 p.m. Detectives determined that the boy had been playing at…

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – Deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office responded to a  hit-and-run crash in Deerfield Beach early Wednesday morning. WSVN reports the collision occurred near a railroad in the vicinity of Southwest 10th Street and Dixie Highway shortly after 1 a.m. One of the vehicles involved was a silver sedan. The driver of…

Florida authorities have arrested a South Florida man in connection with a traffic collision that killed three people including a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Local10.com reports that on the night of May 1, 2020, 35-year-old Miami resident Tomas Javier Rodriguez was driving approximately 109 mph on Northeast 8th Street when he ran a…