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Fire Chief Remembers Deadly Valujet Crash

For now-retired Miami-Dade Fire Chief Louie Fernandez, May 12th, 1996 is a day of special significance. That date marks the day a Valujet DC-9 plunged into the Florida Everglades 14 miles west of Miami. At the time, Fernandez was a Lieutenant and was acting as the spokesperson for his department. On that day, he spent his time with the friends and family of the 110 people who died in the … Read More »

School Holds Blood Drives after Principal is Injured

Members of the community rallied around the principal of Ronald Reagan Senior High School on Friday by sponsoring two blood drives. Javier Perez, the school principal, remains in Kendall Regional Medical Center after being pinned by an SUV after it crashed through a fence at a baseball field in Tamiami Park where he had been watching his son playing T-ball. Perez has had both his legs amputated and large quantities … Read More »

Nissan Announces Huge Recall

The automaker Nissan has announced the recall of nearly four million of its vehicles due to major safety concerns over airbags or seatbelts, either of which could potentially fail in a crash. In the company’s announcement, Nissan North America, Inc. indicated that the first safety issue involves a sensor in vehicles that detects if the front passenger seat is occupied. The sensor could incorrectly detect the presence of a child … Read More »

Chrysler Recalls Over 11 Million Vehicles for Gear Shift Problem

On Friday, Fiat-Chrysler announced that it is recalling more than 1.1 million cars and midsize SUVs worldwide because their gear shifters may confuse drivers and in turn increase the risk of a rollaway accident happening. The automaker’s recall covers vehicles from 2012-2014 and includes Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans and the 2014-2015 Jeep Cherokee SUV models. The estimated number of vehicles affected by the Fiat Chrysler recall in the United States … Read More »

GM Issues Recall for Seat Belt Problem

General Motors has announced another recall for its vehicles. This time, it affects more than a million Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks that have been sold across the globe. The defect is that the seat belts installed in those vehicles may not hold drivers in the case of an accident. GM announced the recall on Friday indicating that the recall includes certain 2014 and 20165 model 1500 pickup … Read More »

11 Vehicle Crash at Miami Intersection

One person has been killed and an additional 10 people were injured when a City of Miami dump truck slammed into a taxi cab at an intersection. Police are still investigating the chain reaction crash that happened at the intersection of Northwest Seventh Street and 17th Avenue; however, believe that the dump truck caused the crash when it hit the yellow taxi. Authorities were able to obtain surveillance video from … Read More »

High Speed Chase Injures Officers

Several police officers were injured in a high-speed chase through the streets of Miami on Friday afternoon. According to the Miami Police Department, at approximately 2:00 p.m. a Miami police sergeant spotted a red Nissan Altima that the Lauderhill Police Department had been looking for the previous evening. Lauderhill police had been on the lookout for Keith Michel, 34, who had allegedly stabbed his girlfriend several times at their home … Read More »

Two Sent to Hospital

An accident involving a luxury sports car has sent two people to the hospital on Saturday morning. According to a spokesperson with the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a red Ferrari lost control of his vehicle and struck a barrier in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Miami Gardens Drive. The impact was great enough to knock the driver-side wheel off the vehicle and deploy the airbags. Authorities say … Read More »

Woman Crashes into Apartment Building

A woman has been arrested after she crashed her vehicle into an apartment building in northwest Miami-Dade on Friday. Authorities say that this is not the first time a vehicle has crashed into the same building located in the 7100 block of Northwest 17th Avenue within a six month period. The driver has been identified as Keyyvona Rolle, 27. Rolle had been speeding when she lost control of her vehicle … Read More »

Cyclist Killed at Pompano Beach

A bicyclist has been killed after he was struck by a vehicle while he was in the middle of a Pompano Beach intersection on Thursday night. According to authorities, the accident happened at North Federal Highway and N.E. when Douglas Pellicane, 57, was riding his bicycle eastbound, just north of the crosswalk. Pellicane failed to stop at the red light and went through the intersection. Pellicane was struck by 2005 … Read More »

SUV Crashes into Bus Bench

An accident involving an airborne bus bench has left a woman injured when it struck her, throwing her from her wheel chair and left her cut and bruised. This is by no means the first time an accident such as this has happened and at the very same intersection causing even more serious injuries in November of last year when another SUV slammed into the same bench and the building. … Read More »

Hit and Run Driver Turns Themselves in after Video Footage Released

The driver responsible for hitting a 15-year-old as he was crossing the street on Monday has turned himself in to authorities. According to authorities, the driver of the silver Mercedes that struck Javier Valdez, 15, and who left the teen with injuries which include head trauma, a collapsed lung and broken bones on Northwest 22nd Avenue near 79th Street has been identified as Simeon Boykins. Boykins just happens to be … Read More »