Orlando Accident & Injury Blog
Three Dead in Four-Car Crash in Osceola County
A massive crash in Osceola County on Saturday, October 13th, resulted in the death of three individuals, all of whom were standing outside of their vehicles at the time. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the entire incident stemmed from a single-car crash that then developed into a four-vehicle debacle that involved pedestrians.
Marion County T-Bone Crash Leaves One Dead
A crash in Marion County that happened on the afternoon of Saturday, October 13th, resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, it was sometime around 2:45 in the afternoon when the incident occurred along U.S. 27 and County Road 464B. Two cars were involved in the crash, and it is believed that the cars each only contained one person.
Plywood Smashes Through Windshield, Rockledge Driver Injured
A nasty surprise met a driver in Rockledge on Friday, October 12th, while they were driving down Interstate 95 inside of Brevard County. According to reports from the Brevard County Fire Rescue, the driver in question was behind the wheel of a four-door Honda sometime after 2:00 in the afternoon when they began to drive close to a pickup truck hauling sheets of plywood.
UPDATE: Osceola County Fatal Pickup Accident Due to Brake Failure
Reports surrounding a recent crash in Osceola County that involved a deputy with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office suggest that the collision resulted from a brake failure from within the patrol car. We reported on this incident last week, shortly after it happened. At the time of that writing, much of the information surrounding the incident remained unclear, but now new developments have emerged that quickly became public knowledge.
Tractor-Trailer Collision in Brevard County Results in Massive Fire
Members of both the Brevard County Fire Rescue and the Palm Bay Fire Rescue teams were on hand to try and battle a massive fire that erupted along I-95 after two tractor-trailers collided with one another close to the Malabar Road exit. According to the official report from Brevard County Fire Rescue, the incident happened sometime before 5:15 in the afternoon, although the precise reasons behind why the two trucks collided are not known.
Nine Children Involved in Orange County School Bus Accident
At approximately 8:30 a.m. this past Friday, October 12th, an Orange County school bus that was driving its route and making its routinely morning pickups, was involved in a strange chain-reaction bus accident first with another vehicle, and then with a swimming pool.
Study Finds Petland Top Location of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Outbreak
A somewhat triumphant occurrence happened in Orlando this week when a group of epidemiologists working at the Orange County based Florida Department of Health discovered just what has been causing numerous people all over the country to become extremely sick due to a strain of bacteria that appears resistant to antibiotics. According to the news reports, the team working on discovering the origin of the bacteria received a boost to their investigation when they began to notice that all the cases they were investigating possessed one thing in common: each sick person had recently come into contact with puppies at pet store chains.
Multiple Families Displaced after Massive Fire in Orlando Apartment Complex
A massive fire in an Orlando apartment complex has resulted in sixteen different families begin forced to move from their homes. According to the Assistant Fire Chief for the Orlando Fire Department, the incident happened inside of the West Winds Apartments located in the southwestern portion of Orlando, inside of Orange County.
Seven-Year-Old Child Badly Injured in Pine Hills Crash
An incident that took place on Wednesday, October 3rd, in the town of Pine Hills in Orange County, resulted in a 7-year-old child suffering from injuries that were described in the initial report as being severe. Because the incident is still under investigation, many of the details concerning just what happened, why, and who might be responsible are not confirmed. What we do know is that the auto accident happened sometime after 5:00 in the evening and that it involved the above-mentioned child as well as a 33-year-old driving a four-door Hyundai.
Florida Highway Patrol Investigates Pedestrian Death in Winter Park
Reports from the Florida Highway patrol recently emerged regarding an incident that happened in Winter Park earlier this month and resulted in the death of a pedestrian. The reports state that the pedestrian in question was walking along Aloma Avenue, nearing the intersection of Aloma Avenue and Palmetto Avenue, when they were struck by a car also traveling down the same road.
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