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In 2015, homeowners’ insurance companies paid over $570 million to dog bite victims, and the $37,000+ per-claim figure has almost doubled since 2003. Dogs attack over 4.5 million people a year, and many of these victims require emergency medical attention. There are often substantial noneconomic damages as well, as many victims, especially children, are seriously [...]
In most parts of the country, motorcycle accidents decline sharply from the late fall to the early spring. But in Florida, the weather is generally warm all year long, so riders are out all year long. Since there are more riders on the roads, one might think that vehicle operators are more cautious around motorcycles [...]
Two separate incidents from this year illustrate how much lawmakers and law enforcement officials grapple with distracted driving issues. In January, a Cobb County, Georgia officer cited a man for distracted driving because he was eating a cheeseburger while driving, and Georgia has a very broad distracted driving law that prohibits “any actions which shall [...]
After years of rather steady decline, pedestrian deaths jumped 9.5 percent last year to their highest level since 1995. The total is even higher in Jacksonville and some other Florida cities, where there are generally fewer walkers. Based on preliminary figures from the first half of 2016, the total may increase by double digits this [...]
A pair of officer-involved crashes in Orange County sent at least three people to the hospital with various injuries. The first occurred around 3:15 p.m. near the intersection of State Road 408 and Kirkman Road. Moments after receiving a distress call, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy activated the car’s emergency lights and got in position [...]
A suspected drunk driver travelling the wrong way on State Road 417 slammed into another vehicle, critically injuring its driver. The force of the collision pushed a 2015 Nissan into the path of a trailing Camaro. First responders rushed the victim to a nearby hospital; the other driver was treated at the scene. The driver [...]
A 42-year-old man will spend at least the next four years in prison after he plead guilty to charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash that killed a fifth-grade bicyclist. The man hit a 10-year-old girl as he exited a drugstore parking lot in January 2015; the victim was thrown off her bike and flew almost [...]
Police are searching for a pickup truck driver who allegedly ran over a pedestrian and then almost immediately thereafter fled the scene. According to witnesses, the vehicle paused for only a moment after it fatally struck 74-year-old Janice Joy, of Lakeland, as she walked near the Duff Road/Sheffield Drive intersection. As a result of the [...]
A teenager is dead after a woman dozed off while driving, ran off the road and collided with a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. According to the Florida Highway Patrol and witnesses at the scene, 16-year-old Sanjay Nandram, of Apopka, was standing next to his vehicle after a non-injury accident forced it onto the east [...]
A large truck lost part of its load on an Orlando roadway, releasing an estimated one million bees into the surrounding area. Details remain sketchy about the single-vehicle accident that occurred near the intersection of State Road 46A and State Road 46 in Lake County. In the wake of the crash, fifty of the truck’s [...]
