South Florida’s waterways make beautiful scenery, but they are dangerous. With so many waterways that do not have barriers to keep cars from sliding or crashing into them, canal crashes can easily become fatal. These crashes are more common than you may think. On Sept. 18, a 78-year-old man was…
General Motors has offered to pay compensation for 19 deaths that have been linked to faulty ignition switches in the company’s vehicles. The exact dollar amounts of the automaker’s offers were not announced. However, the 19 deaths are an increase from the 13 deaths GM had previously admitted were caused…
A semi driver killed Wednesday after he was crushed when his load shifted while yielding to a fire truck near St. Cloud was identified by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office this week. The 32-year-old Orlando driver stopped his semi abruptly to yield to an Osceola County fire truck turning onto…
The leading cause of death in children between the ages of one and 13 is auto accidents. In an effort to raise awareness about these tragedies and further educate people about keeping children safe in motor vehicles, the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration has announced that Child Passenger Safety Week…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued a press release notifying motorists to drive sober for the upcoming Labor Day weekend and all year long. The 2014 campaign is focused on the societal and economic impact of drunk driving as well as the personal costs…
Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing whether employees inside and outside General Motors Co.’s legal department concealed evidence from regulators about a faulty ignition switch. It is alleged that the hiding of such evidence potentially delayed a recall of vehicles with the fatal problem. The examining of GM’s legal department comes just…
A bicyclist was killed Wednesday after being hit by a garbage truck, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Officials with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue believe the crash happened at around 9:50 a.m. near Old Boynton Beach Road and Lawrence Road. When firefighters arrived at the scene they found…
General Motors was hit last week with another lawsuit brought on by more than 650 people who were allegedly injured or killed in accidents involving cars that have been recalled this year for faulty ignition switches. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court by a Texas-based attorney. Dozens of…
A federal judge in Texas has declared a mistrial in the possible billion-dollar whistleblower lawsuit involving the popular Trinity guardrails that line our nation’s highways. According to a U.S. district judge, there were “serious concerns” regarding witness testimony associated with the defendant, highway manufacturing giant Trinity Industries. The whistleblower and…
BMW has recalled several of its most popular models due to defective Takata airbags, a problem that is hitting much of the global auto industry. The German automaker will recall 1.6 million 3-Series cars from model years 2000 to 2006 across the world, including 574,000 in the U.S. The company…