Personal Injury

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ,FL – Police are investigating a car accident that killed a woman in Miami-Dade County Tuesday morning, WPLG reports. The victim was identified by a family member as 81-year-old Olga Choza. According to investigators, the car she was driving collided with another vehicle in the area of Southwest 117th Avenue and 195th Street in…

COLLIER COUNTY, FL –  A crash involving an SUV left one man dead and another injured in Collier County, WINK reports. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the accident, which happened Sunday at about 12:30 a.m. in the area of Golden Gate Parkway and Airport Pulling Road North. The FHP said a 35-year-old Naples man…

A hit-and-run crash left a University of Florida student dead on Wednesday night. Gainsville.com reports that the female student was walking near the parking lot for the O’Connell Center in the vicinity of 2000 West University Avenue at about 10:49 p.m when a car driving west struck her. Authorities pronounced the victim dead at the scene.…

Reports indicate that a Pensacola police officer was involved in a crash during a pursuit on Wednesday. WKRG.com reports that the officer crashed near T and Cervantes Street after engaging in a pursuit of a group of suspects who refused to stop during a traffic stop. Apparently, the police officer was pursuing the suspects’ car…

BOCA RATON, FL – A man has been arrested in connection with a crash in West Boca Raton, BocaNewsNow reports. The accident happened on U.S. 441 South near Palmetto Park Road early Monday morning.  Police arrested 33-year-old Presly Sanon of West Boca Raton on a number of charges, including DUI, resist officer, and hit-and-run, fail to…

HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – Authorities have identified the pedestrian who died after being hit by two vehicles in Hialeah Gardens Tuesday morning. This is an update to a previous story. According to WPLG, the victim was 67-year-old Julio Leon Perez.  Miami-Dade Police say he was waiting to be picked up by relatives near a nursing…

HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – Police say a pedestrian was hit by two vehicles near a nursing home in Miami-Dade County, and a search is now underway for one of the drivers. WPLG reports the incident happened Tuesday morning in the area of West Okeechobee Road and the parallel Frontage Road in Hialeah Gardens at about 6…

BELLE GLADE, FL – Authorities say an elderly driver died in a crash in Palm Beach County on Friday afternoon. According to WPTV, the victim was identified as 76-year-old Ramon Caridad Gonzalez of Clewiston.  The accident occurred in the 13000 block of U.S. Highway 27 in Belle Glade shortly before 12:30 p.m. The Palm Beach…

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Every year hundreds of thousands of people suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the United States. TBI can be caused by any of a number of head injuries and can result in anything from relatively mild concussions to severe injuries that can result in death. Over the years researchers have investigated many procedures and medications…

DELRAY BEACH, FL – A woman was arrested after authorities said she fled the scene of a crash in Boynton Beach Wednesday night. Boca News Now reports 50-year-old Brooke Ellis was involved in a crash on the off-ramp from Interstate 95 to Boynton Beach Boulevard. The Florida Highway Patrol said troopers ordered her into a…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL –  Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in West Palm Beach Thursday night, WPTV reports. The person was hit by a vehicle in the area of Okeechobee Boulevard and Spencer Drive at about 6 p.m. The victim’s identity has not yet been released. It was not immediately clear…

JUPITER, FL – Authorities said a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle was struck by a car on a highway in Jupiter Thursday morning. According to WPTV, a reckless driver behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz had been reported in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95. When the FHP tried to stop the driver, the car crashed into…

MIAMI, FL – A teenage driver was killed when his pickup truck was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the Don Shula Expressway last weekend, the Miami Herald reported. The Florida Highway Patrol said the 17-year-old driver collided with a Hyundai on the highway, then lost control of the pickup and crashed into a Honda. The…

PALM BEACH, FL – Authorities say they have made an arrest in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Thanksgiving night in Palm Beach County.  CBS 12 reports Victor Eduardo Tzul-Pacheco is accused of being the driver responsible for the incident on 2nd Avenue North in Palm Springs. Witnesses told police that Tzul-Pacheco was driving a pickup truck…

MIAMI-DADE, FL – A woman was struck and killed by an SUV in northwest Miami-Dade County Sunday night, WPLG reported. The accident happened in the area of Northwest 103rd Street at 13th Avenue. Neighbors said the victim was a woman in her 70s who was identified as Maria Hernandez The vehicle involved was a Toyota RAV4. Authorities said…

MIAMI, FL – A driver was killed when his car crashed into an apartment building in Miami early Monday. According to WPLG, the driver lost control of the vehicle at the corner of Northwest First Place and 11th Terrace shortly after midnight. The car went through a field and then struck the building in the city’s Overtown neighborhood.…

A Florida man was seriously injured in a crash with involving a dump truck and a cement truck on Wednesday. NaplesNews.com reports that the crash occurred at approximately 8:25 a.m. at Oil Well Road and Victory Lane in Naples. The dump truck was traveling west on Oil Well Road when it veered off the road,…