Personal Injury

All-terrain vehicle manufacturer Polaris is recalling almost 14,000 ATVs due to defects that can cause the vehicles’ throttle speed control stops to “break and become stuck, posing a crash hazard.” A throttle problem creating a crash hazard caused Polaris to recall 13,990 Phoenix 200 ATVs from model years 2011 through 2021 in the United States and…

A crash in Miami Beach left one person dead and another injured on Saturday. Local10.com reports that a man was driving a vehicle when it was involved in a crash near Alton Road and 63rd Street at about 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. The crash was so severe that both the driver and the woman…

PARKLAND, FL – An alleged drunk driver has been charged in connection with a fatal rollover car accident in Broward County last April, Parkland Talk reports. Authorities said 57-year-old John Serino of Parkland was behind the wheel of a Superfast Ferrari when he crashed in the area of West Sunrise Boulevard and the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise…

BROWARD COUNTY, FL  – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office reports it is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident in unincorporated Central Broward on Sunday night. The incident took place in the 1900 block of State Road 7 just before 9 p.m. Investigators say 53-year-odl Geronimo Perez-Garcia of Fort Lauderdale was attempting to walk across the roadway…

HOMESTEAD, FL – Police in Homestead are trying to find the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash, according to NBC Miami. On Tuesday investigators released surveillance video of the incident, which occurred Sept. 4 at about 7:15 p.m. According to police, a bicyclist was riding south on North Krome Avenue and entered the travel…

MONROE COUNTY, FL – A head-on collision shut down the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys Monday afternoon, the Miami Herald reports. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said two vehicles crashed about halfway across the bridge at mile marker 43.5, at about 2 p.m.  Keysnews reports that one of the vehicles was a private ambulance…

Broadcaster Local10.com has published a video that purports to show an illegal car race moments before a crash that killed two and injured five. The video apparently shows a person driving a vehicle recklessly at about 2:00 a.m. on Saturday. The crash occurred near Northwest 183rd Street and 38th Court in Miami Gardens. A witness…

MIAMI, FL – Two people fleeing from police were arrested after their vehicle crashed in Miami Saturday night, NBC Miami reports. Miami-Dade Police said the suspects, 36-year-old Joseph Pereira and 24-year-old Mercedes Ariosa, were initially involved in robbing a man at gunpoint at Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 42nd Street. When officers tried to stop them,…

MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Police in Miami Gardens are investigating a weekend crash that killed two people, according to WSVN. The incident occurred at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the area of Northwest 183rd Street and 38th Court, and involved five vehicles.  WPLG reported family members have identified one of the people killed as 42-year-old…

POMPANO BEACH, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office released details regarding a fatal scooter crash earlier this month in Pompano Beach. The accident happened Sept. 1 in the area of North Dixie Highway and East Copans Road. Detectives said 49-year-old Gary Thornton was riding a JBLC scooter west on East Copans Road when he…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is warning about a massive salmonella outbreak that is affecting at least half the states in the Union. SALMONELLA OUTBREAK UPDATE: 152 more cases reported in fast-growing Salmonella outbreak. The source remains unknown, but investigators are working quickly to identify a food linked to illness. Latest info: https://t.co/SH3Iy80Pwe. pic.twitter.com/ON1NGaNGR4 —…

A Florida man is dead after he was involved in a traffic collision during which a car struck him and then a school bus ran him over. ClickOrlando.com reports that the crash occurred Americana Boulevard and Texas Avenue at about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday. The victim was crossing the road in a crosswalk when a…

A young girl is dead following a hit-and-run crash in Fort Pierce, Florida on Thursday. WSVN.com reports that the 10-year-old victim died after a vehicle struck her while she was walking toward her school bus at about 6:35 in the morning.  Authorities have identified the victim as Yaceny Berenice Rodriguez-Gonzalez. Gonzalez was reportedly crossing the street toward…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Authorities have identified the victim in a fatal pedestrian accident in Fort Lauderdale last week. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the man killed was 45-year-old Kris Krofka.  Detectives say he was hit by a semi-truck Friday near South Federal Highway and Southeast 30th Street outside of Port Everglades, sometime…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – State troopers were at the scene of a deadly crash in Miami-Dade County early Wednesday morning. According to WPLG, the accident happened as a man was driving a Mercedes-Benz sedan on Interstate 95 north at about 4:40 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver lost control of the vehicle near…

BROWARD COUNTY, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a pedestrian last week. In a news release, the BSO said deputies responded to the incident Sept. 15 near the 1800 block of South State Road 7 in unincorporated Central Broward shortly before 7:30…