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Orlando Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Three Separate Vehicles

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on September 8, 2022

Authorities with the Florida Highway Patrol operating within Orange County are currently investigating the death of a pedestrian after they were struck by three different vehicles on South Orange Blossom Trail earlier this morning.

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13-Year-Old Palm Bay Student Struck by a Car While Trying to Cross the Street

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on December 4, 2021

According to a statement from a spokesperson with the Palm Bay Police Department, authorities with the traffic unit have opened a formal investigation into a pedestrian accident that severely injured a 13-year-old boy Thursday morning as he was walking across the street to catch his school bus.

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UPDATE: Search Continues for Driver Behind Fatal Early July Hit-and-Run

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on August 10, 2019

We reported earlier in July on a fatal hit-and-run crash that took place within Orlando after three pedestrians were hit by a single car. This accident happened after another pedestrian was struck and killed close to Orange Blossom Trail and 41st Street. As mentioned in the earlier post, the three pedestrians had been traveling in a car down the roadway when they saw the first collision take place. Rather than continue driving, the driver of this car stopped on the shoulder and the three people exited the vehicle and began to cross the road in an attempt to help the other fatally injured person.

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Three Teen Pedestrians Killed in North Miami Crash

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on May 29, 2019

A horrifying and tragic event took place in North Miami over this past weekend that has left a community mourning the loss of three teenage children who were killed. The reports from police working within North Miami as well as from the Miami Herald stated that the fatal pedestrian accident remains very much under investigation. What we currently know is very little, and the reports issued so far do not provide many pieces of information other than the barest facts of the case.

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Orlando Hit-and-Run Kills Pedestrian, Leaves OPD Searching for Answers

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on February 14, 2019

A collision that happened early on the morning of Tuesday, February 12th, resulted in the death of one Orlando man and has left the Orlando Police Department working on yet another hit-and-run case. Reports from the police state that the incident happened around 2:30 in the morning, close to the intersection of John Young Parkway and Arlington Street. Most of the situation leading up to the crash remains unknown, but it does seem clear that officers were called to the scene of the incident only to find that the pedestrian victim had sustained fatal injuries and that the driver responsible for these injuries had fled the scene.

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Rise In Florida Pedestrian Deaths Concerns Officials

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on October 26, 2015

A sharp rise in the number of Lake County pedestrian deaths has officials very concerned about safety. To date in 2015, there have been 12 pedestrian deaths in the county. Comparatively, there were eight pedestrian deaths in all of 2014. The last year the number of victims was this high was 2011, when there were eleven deaths for the entire year.

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Tampa Woman Killed Crossing Street

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on April 16, 2015

On April 7, a woman died in Tampa after a car hit her while she was crossing the street. She and her friend ran across Hillsborough Avenue, but only made it to the outside lane of westbound traffic before she was struck.

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Orlando Man Struck By Tractor-Trailer in Fatal Pedestrian Accident On I-4

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on August 3, 2012

An Orlando man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer recently in yet another Central Florida pedestrian accident. The accident occurred around 10:15 a.m. one recent morning on Interstate 4 near Polk Parkway. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say that the 26-year-old victim was standing in the eastbound lanes of I-4 when the 48-year-old driver of the semi saw him and tried to avoid striking the man. After being stuck by the semi, the man was thrown into the next lane, where he was struck by a Ford Fusion and a Ford Focus that were unable to avoid striking the victim. He was pronounced dead from his injuries at the accident scene. Troopers are still investigating the accident but say that charges are pending against the driver of the tractor-trailer.

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Orlando City Council Member Endorses Project to Make Streets Safer for Pedestrians

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on September 22, 2011

Orlando City Council member Daisy Lynum’s recent close call while crossing the street has given her a new sense of urgency about making Central Florida streets and highways safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. Early last summer, she was crossing a street in a crosswalk in west Orlando when she was nearly struck from behind by a car. The near-accident drove home what Orlando personal injury attorneys and concerned citizens have been saying for years. They have been urging policymakers on the state and local level to finally do something about our area’s reputation as the most dangerous place in the country for people who prefer to walk or ride their bikes to get around.

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