Orlando Wrongful Death Lawyers - Part 7
One Dead and Another Seriously Injured in Orlando Golf Cart Accident
A man from The Villages has died from injuries sustained when his golf cart crashed with a van on Tuesday, October 20th. It happened at the intersection of Odell Circle and Ambrosia Place in The Villages, just outside of Orlando. The Florida Highway Patrol said Donald T. Browne, 79, was driving his golf cart northbound on Odell Circle south of Ambrosia Place and turned into the path of a van driven by Merle L. Hoops of The Villages. The two vehicles collided and traveled several feet before coming to a complete stop. Browne and his passenger, 77-year-old Dorothy A. Browne, were both transported to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where Donald Browne died early Wednesday and Dorothy Browne is still in serious condition.
Two Year Old Boy Killed in Jacksonville ATV Rollover
A 2-year-old child has been killed in the crash of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) by his home near Jacksonville, Florida. The toddler, Camden Torres was a passenger on a Kawasaki Prairie that Noel Lewis, a 21-year-old Waycross man, was driving on Tabby Road in Ware County, GA on October 15th.
FSU Releases More Information On MagLab Accident
Florida State University officials have released more information about the Wednesday morning accident that killed a mechanical worker at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory on campus. Authorities were alerted just after 10am Wednesday morning of the incident and first responders rushed to the scene. When they arrived, the pronounced the victim dead at the scene of an apparent head trauma.
Fiery Crash on a Florida Turnpike Takes the Lives of Three
A Georgia couple and their infant daughter were killed early Sunday morning when their Nissan Maxima flipped and became engulfed in flames after being rear-ended by a Mercedes SUV. Thomas Garza, 23, and his fiancé, Lillian Luna, 20, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, while their daughter died later that day at the Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital. Family of the victims reported that the couple was on their way to Disney World to celebrate their daughter’s first birthday.
Police Search for Driver in Fatal Orange County Hit and Run
A 59-year-old Casselberry man was hit and killed as he crossed the street. The accident took place on September 9th along Semoran Boulevard near Driggs Drive in Orange County around 8:50 p.m. The driver did not stop after the accident and fled the scene.
Lecanto Accident Monday Evening Involves Several Injuries
Kayla Wood, a 22-year-old mother from Inverness, was travelling eastbound on West Grover Cleveland Boulevard, with her boyfriend, 22-year-old Tydree Barrow, and their two young daughters when she crossed the center line and was struck by an oncoming Prius in the passenger side. Both vehicles came to rest on the north side of the road.
Two Dead in Orlando Head-on Collision
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, two teenagers died in a head-on collision on State Road 44 on a June night in Orlando. The driver, a 19 year-old from Leesburg, was driving west when he tried to pass the car in front of him in a no-passing zone. When he crossed into the eastbound lane he collided head-on with an oncoming van. The driver of the van was not seriously injured but the teen driver was killed on the scene and his 16-year-old female passenger died at the hospital.
Florida Commissioners Campaign for Barriers Outside of Day-Care Centers
After 4-year-old Lily Quintus was hit by a car while at day-care last year, commissioners are campaigning for protective barriers to be put in place outside of day-care centers. Lily Quintus was killed when a car ran into her KinderCare facility on Goldenrod Road last April, and fourteen other people were also injured.
Update on Fungal Meningitis Outbreak From Contaminated Medication
Here is an update on the fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 31 people across the country and sickened hundreds more. Orlando personal injury attorney James O. Cunningham has been following developments in this case very closely, as at least two Floridians have died from contaminated steroids and at least seven more have contracted the illness. Around 1,000 Floridians who received the contaminated steroids at clinics around our state are at risk for developing this potentially deadly disease. The tainted samples of methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid often prescribed for pain relief, came from the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, and all vials of the drug have been recalled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Florida A&M Seeks Dismissal of Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Florida A&M officials recently announced that the university is in no way responsible for the hazing death of Robert Champion. They claim that Champion is solely responsible for the incident that occurred on a charter bus in Orlando last Nov. 19 and the injuries he suffered in a hazing incident.
James O. Cunningham
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