Posts Categorized: Personal Injury - Page 3

3 Injured in School Bus Crash

When you send your children off to school, you probably can’t help by worry about their safety. It’s only natural for parents to feel that way, especially when, in recent years, school have not always been the safest place for our kids. Even when going to and from school in a school bus, we can never guarantee our children’s safety. Take the example of this Tampa Bay area school bus. … Read More »

Elderly Wrong-Way Driver Causes Fatal Crash

Often, car accidents seem to come out of nowhere, so sudden yet permanent in what they leave behind. Take the example of one five-car pileup on this Florida highway. In an instant, two lives were lost and several more were injured. 91-year-old Ernest Lee Holmes of High Springs was driving a 1993 Buick Century, traveling southbound in a northbound highway lane. He hit 55-year-old Peter J Linek, from Ormond Beach, … Read More »

Miami-Dade Officers Pull Woman From Her SUV Just As It Begins to Burn

April Fools is a long-standing American tradition. A similar day is celebrated on different dates around the world. But what happens when something serious happens on April First? Would your automatic reaction be to call it a prank? Couldn’t that be dangerous? That’s what happened for Elisa Castellanos, who got a call from her son-in-law, saying someone had crashed a car into a part of her home. She thought it … Read More »

Traffic Accident Claims the Life of Four Year Old Boy

Saturday evening, around 8:30pm, a black BMW sedan struck a mother and her two children as they made their way across a crosswalk. Natali Alja’ouni and her two children, an 8 month old in a stroller and her four year old son, were crossing a crosswalk in the 4100 block of Pine Island Road in Sunrise when a black BMW swerved to avoid another car. The driver, described as being … Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Tri-Rail Train Hits 18-Wheeler

No one ever expects to get into an accident. The very nature of such an event makes it a complete surprise to everyone involved. While insurance is a great thing to have, it doesn’t always pay for everything, which is why it is so important to find an attorney who can get adequate compensation to cover the costs insurance misses. There were major delays in the train schedule in Pompano … Read More »

Woman Hospitalized After Wrong-Way Crash

The roads can be a dangerous place, even if you are a good driver. Even disregarding those who drive poorly or recklessly, accidents can just happen. A sudden medical problem, ice on the road, sudden sunlight from behind clouds — a lot of factors can contribute to an accident. None of these negates the fact that accidents cause damage to property and injury to human beings. Both of these require … Read More »