Orlando Accident & Injury Blog
Moped Accident Leads to Teen Killed in Volusia County
Early Sunday morning, Nicholas Eason, 18, a resident of DeLand was driving his moped west near Marsh Road, through Volusia County on U.S. Route 92, when a Nissan Xterra, driven by Craig Howitt, 39, a man from Port Orange, came up behind him. There is no indication that the Nissan Xterra slowed down at all for young Eason, and the evidence indicates that Howitt proceeded to collide with the back of the moped.
Interstate 75 Crash Kills One, Injures Two Others
In an unfortunate accident on the afternoon of Thursday, February 18th, 2016, a young motorcyclist was killed in a crash on I-75. The incident occurred around 4:40 p.m. in Hillsborough County.
Tampa Man Killed in Collision with Hit-and-Run Driver on Howard Frankland Bridge
A 36-year-old Tampa woman is behind bars in Pinellas County for her role in a hit-and-run accident that left a man dead shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 15th on the Howard Frankland Bridge.
Florida SUV Crashes into Golf Carts, Killing Two Women
Sometime around noon on Saturday, February 20th, 2016, a bizarre accident involving golf carts killed two women and injured two others. The incident, which happened on County Road 466A in The Villages, occurred when the driver of an SUV suffered a medical emergency while traveling through an intersection.
One Killed, One Hospitalized in I-4 Crash Near Lakeland
On the morning of Tuesday, February 16th, 2016, a man was killed and another man was hospitalized when the truck they were in crashed into a barrier on I-4 and turned over.
Punta Gorda Motorcyclist Severely Injured in Crash On U.S. 41
On the morning of Sunday, February 14th, 2016, a motorcyclist was severely injured in a crash involving one other motorist. The accident occurred in Port Charlotte, FL around 10:40 a.m.
Teen Killed in Ocoee Car Crash
In an unfortunate car accident on the morning of Monday, February 8th, 2016, a teen driver was killed in his hometown of Ocoee. The accident occurred around 3:08 a.m. near Wesmere Parkway on Roberson Road, and no other vehicles were involved in the crash. It is uncertain whether there were any witnesses on the scene at the time the incident occurred.
Man Injured After St. Petersburg Motorcycle vs. Car Accident
A motorcyclist is in critical condition following a collision with a car at the intersection of 34th Street South and 18th Avenue in St. Petersburg. The accident happened February 20th around 8:20 a.m. Pamela Renita Mason was southbound in a 2005 Ford Taurus on 34th Street and attempted to turn east onto 18th Avenue South, according to St. Petersburg police. Mason, 56, didn’t see a motorcycle being driven by Darnell Kindred, 32, who was headed northbound on 34th Street. In the collision, Kindred was thrown from the motorcycle and is now being hospitalized with serious injuries.
One Dead, One Injured in Crash During Midway Police Chase
Around 4:00 pm on Thursday, February 18th, 2016, a police chase in Midway, Florida sadly ended in a crash that took one life and severely injured another individual. The chase ended when the vehicle crashed in a residential neighborhood located near the intersection of Hilltop Drive and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Two Men Killed in a Tampa Wrong-Way Collision
Interstate 275 is back open near downtown Tampa after a deadly wrong-way crash on February 13th. The two cars collided on the Ashley Drive exit ramp around 5:40 a.m. Both drivers, two men, died as a result of the crash. The road was closed for nearly 5 hours as investigators looked through the wreckage. The victims were identified as Eugene M. Fischer, 65, and Larry Lorenza Thompson, 47, and were the only people involved in the accident. The investigation into what caused this fatal accident is still underway, but Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Steve Gaskins released a statement about the how drivers can avoid these all too frequent wrong-way accidents that often occur at night.
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