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Closure: After More Than 8 Years

It has been over eight years but finally the woman who killed Peter Cambra in 2005 has been sentenced for her crime. A sentence of six years imprisonment has been handed down to Richen Turner, a forty five year old citizen of the UK, in a Broward court Thursday. In 2005 Turner had run a red light, struck and killed Peter Cambra and was found to have a blood alcohol level … Read More »

Mysterious Circumstances around Injured Tourist

Daniel Flynn, twenty nine years old and a resident of Saugus, Mass, is in Broward Health Medical Center unable to breathe on his own. No one is certain as to what has led to this young man’s condition. Numerous 911 calls all reported him either jumping from or being shoved from a moving vehicle on A1A and at least one report says he was struck by a car. One caller … Read More »

Lacrosse Hero Stops Escaping Suspect

Spencer Cohen, twenty-five years old of Boca Raton, was driving a vehicle with an expired registration and when police noticed, he decided to flee. In the process he struck several cars, injured two people and eventually hit a parked car as well as a utility trailer. He then attempted to flee on foot across the new, and as of yet, unveiled lacrosse field at Lynn University. Enter Brandon Rothstein, twenty … Read More »

Motorcycle Accident Results In Fatality

Miami Dade Police reported that a motorcycle accident that occurred Wednesday morning has left one person dead. While the identity of the rider has not yet been released, the rider was declared dead at the scene. Early Wednesday morning the motorcyclist is believed to have lost control of the bike and crashed through a fence near Miami International Airport. According to reports the motorcycle continued on through the fence and came to rest in … Read More »

Morning Roll Over Injures Ten

A cargo van driven by Paschal Morales, thirty four years old, overturned on the Sawgrass Expressway around 8:15 a.m. Thursday. Florida Highway Patrol believes the accident happened when a rear tire blew, causing Morales to lose control of the vehicle. Several lanes of traffic were closed as a result of the rollover and ten people, all passengers in the van, were injured. One man lost a hand and four people … Read More »

From Detox to Jail

A Florida woman who had been released from a detox facility only forty-eight hours earlier is now facing DUI and possession charges along with several other DUI related charges. According to authorities, Briana Mary Donaghy, 19, rear-ended a Dodge Charge with her Mercedes while driving through Marco Island. Both vehicles were forced off the road as a result of the crash, ending up in the shrubbery on the side of … Read More »

Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Kills Four & Himself

Daniel Morris had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he drove his vehicle against the flow of traffic and killed four other people as well as himself. According to investigators, Morris was driving the wrong way on Interstate 270 Friday morning around 2 a.m.  and ran his Sports Utility Vehicle into a Hyundai Sonata. The Sonata had four people inside, all of whom were students at the University … Read More »

Convicted Man Asks To Be Released, Pending Sentence

Sandor Guillen, thirty nine years old, has been convicted of DUI manslaughter after driving the wrong way up Southwest 184th Street. He drove his Range Rover into the minivan being driven by Mr. Camacho in which his two daughters were passengers. Kaely Camacho, who was thirteen, was killed; her father and sister were both injured. Guillen appeared in court Wednesday to request that he be released from jail while waiting the terms … Read More »

Car Accident Hospitalizes One

The intersection of Broward Boulevard and University Drive in Plantation was the scene of a morning accident Friday. According to authorities, a 67 year old woman was driving the wrong direction after jumping the median on 70th Avenue and continued west bound down Broward Boulevard. At the intersection of Broward Boulevard and University Drive she struck two other vehicles. While neither of the other drivers was injured, emergency personal had to … Read More »

97-Year-Old Accident Victim Dies Thursday

Maria McEwen, 97 years old, who was struck by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper’s car on Wednesday, died Thursday while at the Halifax Medical Center. According to investigators, McEwen was walking through a parking lot on her way to a store when a patrol car driven by Trooper Gabriel Keyes of the Florida Highway Patrol struck the elderly shopper. Trooper Keyes claims he did not see the older woman. The initial accident resulted … Read More »

Thursday Head-On Collision Puts Five in Hospital

According to Miami Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll, a two door Mercedes convertible traveling east bound on the 79th Street Causeway jumped the median when the male driver suddenly lost control of the vehicle on the rainy road. The convertible struck a pickup truck, injuring a grandmother, her daughter and two teenagers who were in the pickup truck. A good samaritan, a nurse, who was passing the accident stopped … Read More »

Conflicting Testimony on Failure to Render Aid Case

After hearing conflicting testimony and a closed door session with a Pinecrest Officer accused of failing to render aid at the scene of an accident, there was still no decision regarding Officer Ana Carrasco. Officer Carrasco has been accused of failing to render aid at the scene of an accident last October, in which two University of Miami students were struck while attempting to cross Kendel Drive. Both Ying Chen, … Read More »