Two People Killed During a Car Crash on the Courtney Campbell Causeway

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on April 13, 2022

Traffic homicide detectives with the Tampa Police Department are currently investigating a two-car crash that claimed the lives of two people and critically injured two others earlier this morning along the Courtney Campbell Causeway.

Preliminary incident reports from responding officers with the Clearwater and Tampa Police Departments indicate that it was shortly after 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, when they received the first of many 9-1-1 calls referencing a severe auto accident involving two vehicles on the Courtney Campbell Causeway.

Witness statements retrieved from the scene of the crash said after the two vehicles collided with one another, one car rolled over several times which caused multiple passengers to be ejected from the vehicle onto the roadway.

Since the Courtney Campbell Causeway is shared by Hillsborough and Pinellas County, emergency response teams from both Clearwater and Tampa raced to the scene of the accident. Upon their arrival, they quickly determined that two men from one vehicle had suffered severe life-threatening injuries during the collision and had already passed away. Two other individuals who were in the same car also sustained serious injuries and were immediately transported to a local hospital for additional medical treatment. They were said to be in critical condition at the time of this publication. The driver of the other vehicle was unharmed in the crash. The names of the victims have not yet been released to the public and will not be until their families have been notified.

It took local authorities nearly 11 hours to clean up the crash site and gather enough evidence to move forward with the investigation. Further details surrounding this fatal collision are unknown, although an update from the Tampa Police Department is expected in the upcoming days.

For forty-five years, Tampa auto accident attorney James O. Cunningham has been dedicated to the compassionate representation of victims that have been severely injured or killed during hit-and-run accidents, rear-end collisions, wrong-way accidents, SUV rollovers, and side-impact collisions. For more information, please submit a few details about your case through a contact form on our website, or call our office directly at 877-FL-INJURY to schedule a free 30-minute case evaluation.

James O. Cunningham

Since 1977, personal injury lawyer James Cunningham has provided effective legal advocacy to people who are injured through the negligent actions of another person or entity throughout the Central Florida area. He fights to obtain recoveries for his clients’ physical and emotional pain and suffering and pursues his clients’ personal injury cases with a commitment to excellence and impeccable preparation.