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Car Accident | Orlando Accident & Injury Blog - Part 10

Fiery Crash Leaves One Dead in Miami

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 28, 2017

A fiery crash left one person dead in Miami, Florida earlier this week. According to Miami police, the accident occurred at 11:46 pm at the intersection of Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 22nd Avenue. The car accident involved a stolen Acura, who was traveling down 22nd Avenue at a high rate of speed when he collided with the victim, who was traveling west on 103rd Street. Upon impact, the other vehicle flipped over, crashed into an adjacent business, and burst into flames, which, according to one witness, were so huge that “there was no way anybody could survive”. According to a Miami-Dade police officer, the victim was unable to exit the vehicle and died inside. The business also sustained damage from the fire.

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Woman Killed in Lake Mary Car Accident

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 24, 2017

On Wednesday night an accident took place along I-4, at the entrance to the Lake Mary rest stop, that left a 29-year-old woman dead and the Florida Highway Patrol searching the scene for clues as to what exactly happened. The accident was initially reported around 1:50 in the morning, well into the deepest sleep of most Florida citizens. As far as the Florida Highway Patrol has been able to reconstruct the series of events that led to this unfortunate accident, a Deltona resident named Vanessa Rivera was driving her 2001 Acura along the eastbound lanes of I-4 when she neared the Lake Mary rest stop.

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Three-Car Collision in Cocoa Beach Leaves One in Critical Condition

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 22, 2017

A Cocoa Beach accident between three cars is still under investigation as the Cocoa Beach Fire Department and the Cocoa Beach Police Department work together in order to discover just what happened to make these vehicles collide with one another and who, if anyone, holds the primary responsibility. As of this moment, no further information has been released regarding the accident, which occurred on Tuesday night at the intersection of State Road 520 and the Cocoa Beach Causeway. The intersection, which is only a short drive east from the Cape Canaveral Hospital, was shut down following the incident, which took place shortly before 9:00 in the evening.

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Single Orlando Driver Injured in Crash with Power Pole

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 20, 2017

Early on Monday Morning, around the time that many residents of Orange County were beginning to climb into their cars and make their way to work, a man driving down Colonial Drive lost control of his vehicle and struck a power pole, causing power to over forty power customers in the area to lose power and sending live wires cascading into the street and around the car.  

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Orlando Man Killed in Solo Accident along Lakeville Road

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 12, 2017

A gruesome car accident along Lakeville Road during the early hours of Sunday morning has left one individual dead and an investigation ongoing.  

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Head-On Collision in Palm Bay

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 10, 2017

A 23 year old female is reported to be seriously injured following a head-on collision in Palm Bay, Florida. According to police, the driver was driving her Mazda 636 the wrong way towards the intersection of Degroodt and Section roads. Police say the driver was in the wrong lane – for reasons that remain unclear – when she collided with an oncoming vehicle. The driver was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, where her condition remains unknown.

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5 Dead in 3-Car Accident in Bunnell

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 8, 2017

A Sunday Flagler County accident in Bunnell killed five people, all of whom have now been identified and their families contacted.  According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident which took the five lives occurred just before noon on Sunday when Edwin Santana, a 58-year-old Miramar resident, began to turn left onto U.S. 1 from Old Dixie Highway.  For unknown reasons, Santana, driving a 2008 Mazda Tribute, either did not see or was not concerned with a Ford F-250 that was driving north on U.S. 1.  The Mazda and the Ford collided, the impact sending both cars spinning out of control and directly into a third vehicle, a 2016 Toyota Camry, which was in the southbound lane of U.S. 1, attempting to make a turn.

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Two Car Accident in Hollywood, Florida Leaves Two Injured

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 6, 2017

Several people were injured and taken to the hospital following a Florida car accident earlier this week. The two car collision happened on February 5, 2017 in Hollywood, Florida, near Stirling Road and North Park Road. According to local police, in addition to the two vehicles involved, several parked cars were also struck. Reports show that paramedics transported the occupants of both vehicles to a nearby hospital. The actual cause, type of injuries or number of people in the vehicles remains unknown.

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One Dead in Mysterious Orlando Crash

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 3, 2017

An accident involving only one vehicle along Judge Road close to where it intersects with Shadowridge Drive in Orlando is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. What is currently known is that the accident, which proved to be fatal, was initially reported to the authorities around 5:00 in the morning. When officers and other emergency response teams responded to the scene they found only one vehicle with only one person inside.  This individual remained unresponsive to all attempts made by the emergency teams at reviving them. Shortly thereafter, the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.  

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Man Fleeing Police Flips Car, Killing Himself and Dog in DeLand

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 1, 2017

A calm Wednesday morning in DeLand turned tragic when a man fled from a traffic stop and subsequently flipped his car, killing himself and a dog in the process.  The official report indicates that Justin L. Johnson, a 26-year-old from Lake Helen, had been engaged in an argument with his girlfriend when the argument became threatening enough for the woman to flee the scene in a taxicab.  In the cab, she reportedly told the cab driver that her boyfriend was chasing her and that she needed to go to the hospital.

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