Personal Injury

Florida authorities are advising state motorists to take extreme caution when driving in foggy conditions. Recalling a 2012 incident in which a so-called super fog developed on I-75 in the Gainesville area, Florida officials issued the advisory as large portions of the state again experienced foggy conditions. Locally Dense Fog a concern overnight across interior…

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – A driver died when his car crashed in Palm Beach County Sunday morning, authorities said. Boca News Now reports the victim was identified as 60-year-old Dean Formica of Boca Raton.  The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Formica was driving south on State Road 7 near Glades Road when the…

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL – Law enforcement officials have identified the two victims of Saturday’s crash at Northeast 49th Street and North Federal Highway in Lighthouse Point, according to NBC Miami. This is an update to a previous story. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 34-year-old Dana Raymond was driving a Kia Optima at about 1:23 a.m.…

Years after the largest auto recall in U.S. and world history saw tens of millions of vehicles recalled due to faulty airbags, Ford is recalling three million more vehicles. CNN.com reports that Ford is recalling the vehicles in the U.S. and Canada for the same reason that automakers recalled the previous vehicles – potentially deadly…

SUNRISE, FL – A suspected drunk driver going the wrong way was involved in a fatal collision in Sunrise on Saturday night, police said. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the accident happened on North University Drive near Oakland Park Boulevard shortly after 11 p.m.  Sunrise police said a 42-year-old Tamarac man was driving a Chevy…

 MIAMI BEACH, FL – Authorities are trying to track down the hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of a pedestrian in Miami Beach last week, according to WPLG. The Miami Beach Police Department said a man in his 50s was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing Fifth Street at Michigan Avenue Thursday night at about…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A car crash in Palm Beach County last week left one person dead and three others injured, the Palm Beach Post reported. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of a Buick Park Avenue lost control while going west on Southern Boulevard near Cleary Road in West…

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL – A fiery crash in Lighthouse Point over the weekend left two people dead, according to WPLG. The incident at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Northeast 49th Street was captured by a nearby surveillance camera. A white SUV that had stopped at a red light in the southbound lanes of U.S.…

Perhaps surprisingly, data indicates that men and women may progress differently after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI). News-Medica.net reports that Eva Valera, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School Boston, and her colleagues, have identified research opportunities to substitute female animals for male animals and study the differences in TBI response. For…

Yesterday we blogged about a collision between two personal watercraft in the Tampa area, a crash that left seven people injured, one seriously. Now, another two-boat collision has left another person seriously injured. The second collision occurred at about 3 p.m. Sunday on the St. Johns River when two airboats collided, causing one of them…

A hit-and-run crash in Miami Beach left one person left one person dead on Thursday evening, and now officers are looking for the driver of the vehicle that fled the scene. Lcoal10.com reports that someone driving a white 2020 Kia Sorrento, Florida tag KCMD06, was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 50 something-year-old…

OAKLAND PARK, FL – Investigators are trying to track down the driver responsible for a crash that killed a pedestrian in Broward County last week. According to WPLG, the victim was hit by a car while crossing North Andrews Avenue in Oakland Park at about 11 p.m. on Jan. 14.  The pedestrian, 59-year-old Nancy Vasquez,…

WILTON MANORS, FL – Authorities say a young man died when his SUV crashed in Broward County early Sunday morning. This is an update to a previous story. According to NBC Miami, the victim was identified as 18-year-old Tyler Weaver of Fort Lauderdale. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said he lost control of a Ford Expedition…

A man and woman are dead following a serious car crash Tuesday night involving a tractor-trailer that was transporting rebar. ClickOrlando.com reports that the crash occurred at approximately 8:28 p.m. on I-75 south near U.S. Highway 27. The man was driving a van behind a tractor-trailer that was transporting rebar that was exposed out of the back…

SWEETWATER, FL – A driver was arrested on drunk driving charges following a crash that injured a Sweetwater Police sergeant, WSVN reports. The incident happened Saturday night at the intersection of Southwest 109th Avenue and Southwest 3rd Street. The injured sergeant was taken to a local hospital by rescue crews but was released on Sunday…

 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A crash involving vehicles that were taking part in a funeral procession Monday sent several people to the hospital, according to CBS Miami.  Police said several cars were involved in the accident, which occurred in the vicinity of Northwest 17th Avenue and 79th Street in Northwest Miami-Dade at about 3 p.m. The…

A car crash involving an automobile and five pedestrians on Saturday night left one of the pedestrians dead and four injured.   WCJB.com reports that the group was struck by a Honda Civic that went off the road while traveling on University Avenue, first striking a pole and then hitting the group of five University of…

VERO BEACH, FL – A two-car crash in Indian River County left two people seriously injured, according to TC Palm. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the accident on Interstate 95 north near State Road 60 in Vero Beach Friday night at 8:47 p.m. Investigators said a Honda Civic and a Toyota Prius collided in the…

BROWARD COUNTY, FL – A driver was seriously injured when an SUV crashed in Broward County Sunday morning, WPLG reports. Police say the driver was behind the wheel of a Ford Expedition that was speeding south on Dixie Highway.  The vehicle slammed into a pole at the Five Points intersection of Wilton Drive and NE…