Personal Injury
News: Wreck involving car and semi-truck shuts down US 1 in Pinecrest
PINECREST, FL – One person was hospitalized following a collision between a car and a semi-truck in Pinecrest Monday morning, reports CBS Miami. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene on US 1 north between Southwest 136th Street and Southwest 132nd Avenue at about 2:20 a.m. One man involved in the collision was taken to…
Read MoreNews: 1 dead, 2 injured after vehicles collide at Dania Beach intersection
DANIA BEACH, FL – One person was killed and two others injured in a collision between two vehicles in Dania Beach Sunday night. According to a news release from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred near the intersection of East Sheridan Street and Southeast Second Avenue at about 8:41 p.m. Traffic homicide detectives said…
Read MoreNews: Single-vehicle crash on I-95 in NE Miami-Dade leaves 2 critically injured
MIAMI, FL – Two people were critically injured in a car accident on Interstate 95 on Sunday morning, reports WSVN. The single-vehicle crash took place on I-95 in Northeast Miami-Dade County near the exit for Northeast 203rd Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. One person was trapped in the vehicle, and had to be…
Read MoreLocal Grandmother Hospitalized After Gas Explosion in Her Home
A gas explosion in a Miami-Dade home has left a local resident hospitalized with serious injuries. Local10.com reports that Aleida Bello awakened on November 13 and went to cook breakfast for her husband. When she turned on the stove it erupted in a loud boom, blowing out windows and burning Aleida on over 45% of…
Read MoreNews: Woman killed when Corvette crashes through guardrail on Dolphin Expressway
MIAMI, FL – Authorities were at the scene of a fatal crash on the Dolphin Expressway that snarled traffic early Monday morning. According to NBC Miami, the incident happened in the expressway’s westbound lanes near Northwest 42nd Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said that the driver of a Chevrolet Corvette lost…
Read MoreDriver Dead After Sunrise Red Light Crash
A motorist is dead following a crash at a stoplight in Sunrise, Florida early Friday. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred at the intersection of Northwest 136th Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard when a Lexus SUV collided with a silver Nissan. According to police the Lexus was traveling at a high rate of speed and ran into…
Read MoreNews: Bicycle rider killed in collision with transit bus in Broward County
PLANTATION, FL – A crash in Broward County Thursday night killed a man riding a bicycle, according to NBC Miami. Police responded to the area of SW 84th Avenue and Broward Boulevard in Plantation after the accident was reported sometime before 7:20 p.m. Police said the bicyclist was struck by a Broward County Transit bus…
Read MoreNews: Man riding on golf cart killed in accident in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, FL – Authorities are investigating after a man riding on a golf cart was killed in an accident in Miami Beach early Saturday, according to WSVN. The incident took place in the North Bay section, in the vicinity of 29th Street and North Bay Road. Police and rescuers were called to the scene at…
Read MoreNews: Man arrested in Deerfield Beach hit-and-run that seriously injured 3
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced it has made an arrest in a hit-and-run crash that injured three people in Deerfield Beach early Wednesday. This is an update to a previous story. Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit said 45-year-old Eric Meyer was driving a Jeep Wrangler east on…
Read MoreNews: Police sergeant accused of driving under the influence in Broward County crash
HIALEAH, FL – The Florida State Patrol arrested a police sergeant following a car crash in Tamarac last week, according to WPLG. Hialeah Sgt. Richard Quintero is charged with driving under the influence. The accident took place Nov. 11 on the northbound lanes of the Sawgrass Expressway at about 5 a.m. The FHP said Quintero, who…
Read MoreNews: Hit-and-run accident in Deerfield Beach leaves 3 hospitalized
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…
Read MoreCoast Guard Locates Missing Boater
A missing boater is safe a day after authorities confirmed that they found him alive following his disappearance. Local10.com reports that the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that 54-year-old Juan Evelio Ferrer Gonzales is safe after a good Samaritan alerted them to a disabled boat approximately 10 miles off the Jupiter Inlet coast. Coast Guard crews found…
Read MoreNews: Pickup truck driver crashes into family’s Sunrise home
SUNRISE, FL – A Broward County family is feeling fortunate they were not injured when a pickup truck plowed into their home on Monday night. According to WPLG, the incident took place on the 6100 block of Northwest 18th Court in Sunrise shortly after 7:30 p.m. A neighbor who witnessed what happened said the driver of…
Read MoreNews: Lanes blocked on Florida’s Turnpike following Palm Beach County accident
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a pedestrian was killed in an accident that shut down a stretch of Florida’s Turnpike Monday night. According to WPTV, the male victim was struck by a vehicle at the 109 mile marker of the turnpike south of PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. The man was pronounced dead…
Read MoreNews: Thousands left without power in Miami after SUV slams into pole
MIAMI, FL – A car accident caused a power outage in a portion of Miami Sunday morning, WPLG reports. Authorities said the driver of an SUV crashed into a power pole near Southwest 6th Street and the vehicle became stuck on a tension cable. The woman driving the SUV was extricated by rescuers and was…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Dies after Diving Off Boat to Catch Football In Florida Keys
A man died after jumping off of a boat while attempting to catch a football on Saturday. OrlandoSentinel.com reports that the 46-year-old victim, Liam John Daly of California, apparently dove face-first into the water while attempting to catch the football while on a boat in the Florida Keys. Daly was on a commercial pontoon boat…
Read MoreEight Injured in Early Morning Doral Car Crash
A serious car crash left 8 people hospitalized on Saturday. WSVN.com reports that the 2-vehicle collision occurred at about 3:10 a.m. in the vicinity of Northwest 58th Street and 102nd Avenue in Doral. Though the details of the collision are unclear, the report does indicate that eight people were injured in total. First responders took…
Read MoreNews: Hit-and-run driver causes rollover accident in Miramar
MIRAMAR, FL – A driver left the scene after causing a car crash in Miramar on Thursday afternoon, reports WSVN. Two cars collided in the area of Red Road and Miramar Boulevard at about 2:30 p.m. The impact caused one of the vehicles, a blue Hyundai, to roll over onto its roof. The driver escaped…
Read MoreNews: 2 victims identified in collision between truck and motorcycle in Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Authorities identified two victims of a fatal collision that occurred in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday morning, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The two people killed were 22-year-old Carone L. Richardson Jr. of Fort Lauderdale and 60-year-old Germaine Jean Baptiste. The crash involving a truck and a motorcycle occurred at 1700…
Read MoreNews: Scooter rider killed in collision with car on State Road 7 in West Park
WEST PARK, FL – Authorities were at the scene of a collision in Broward County Thursday morning that killed a scooter rider, WPLG reports. The incident took place in the area of State Road 7 and Miramar Parkway in West Park. The motor scooter was involved in a crash with a white Jaguar shortly before…
Read MoreNews: Driver detained following deadly Hialeah Gardens collision
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – A driver has been detained and is expected to face charges in connection with a deadly accident in Hialeah Gardens, WSVN reported. 38-year-old Lavarius Bethel was taken into custody after police said he drove a pickup truck that struck a pedestrian, then hit a school bus and three other cars. The…
Read MoreCar Crashes into Building in Lauderhill – Injuring 3
Three people were injured when a car crashed into a building in Lauderhill on Thursday. Local10.com reports that the crash occurred when a white Honda crashed into an apartment building at the intersection of Northwest 49th Street and Northwest 78th Avenue. A neighbor told the news outlet that she was watching TV when they heard a…
Read MoreNews: Deerfield Beach man killed when car slams into tree
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office reports it is investigating a fatal car accident in Deerfield Beach last week. Traffic homicide detectives say 34-year-old Carlos Guzman Castaneda of Deerfield Beach was driving a Hyundai Elantra on West Hillsboro Boulevard Friday morning when the accident occurred at about 8 a.m. A witness told…
Read MorePro Wrestling Star Sues Biltmore Hotel Over Alleged Sexual Assault
A professional wrestler is accusing a masseuse at the Biltmore Hotel of sexually abusing her. Local10.com reports that Taryn Terrell, who goes by the stage name Tifanny, is joining several other women in a lawsuit against the Biltmore Hotel. The women allege that a masseuse inappropriately touch them while he was working there in 2020.…
Read MoreNews: Pedestrian dies following multi-vehicle collision in Hialeah Gardens
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – A school bus was one of four vehicles involved in a fatal accident in Hialeah Gardens Tuesday afternoon. According to NBC Miami, the incident took place in the vicinity of Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 77th Avenue sometime before 4:30 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a pedestrian was struck by…
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