LADY LAKE, FL – A worker was killed after being buried under rubble at the bridge at US Hwy 27/441 on Wednesday. According to the Villages News, the construction worker was operating a skid steer loader, commonly known as a Bobcat, when his path was obstructed. He crawled into a…
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Data From NHTSA Shows Traffic Crash Fatalities on The Rise for the First 9 Months of 2021 | Florida Auto Accident Injury Lawyers Whittel & Melton
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its preliminary data for January-September (the first nine months of the year) for 2021. Their projections estimate that 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes for the first nine months of 2021, which is about a…
News: 2 injured in single-vehicle accident in Ocala
OCALA, FL – Two people were injured in a car accident that happened at the 3100 block of E Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala earlier this morning. A driver and passenger were found in a gray sedan around 7 a.m., reports Ocala News. The passenger had to be extracted from…
News: Man arrested after fatal car crash in Citrus County
INVERNESS, FL – A woman died and two others were seriously injured in a car crash on US-41 near Inverness Airport early Saturday morning. Around 1:45 a.m., a 16-year-old Ocala teenager in an SUV was headed south in the northbound lanes of US-41 approaching South Airport Lane. An 18-year-old woman…
News: Spring Hill motorcyclist dies days after collision
SPRING HILL, FL – A man has died of injuries he suffered when his motorcycle was hit by a driver leaving a church on the south side of Spring Hill late last month. The 47-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday after being hospitalized for three days. According to the Tampa Bay Times,…
News: 1 dead, 2 injured in Tarpon Springs car crash
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – One person was killed and two others injured in an intersection collision in Tarpon Springs Thursday night. According to The Free Press, two vehicles collided around 7 p.m. at S. Highland Avenue and E. Tarpon Avenue. A driver in a Nissan Cube traveling northbound on Highland…
News: Pasco Co. pedestrian fatally struck crossing roadway
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – A woman was struck and killed while crossing a roadway early Thursday morning in New Port Richey. The 65-year-old Port Richey resident was heading west across Rowan Road near Gibraltar Avenue. According to FOX13, a driver in a sedan was traveling south on Rowan when…
News: Man fatally struck when pickup runs stop sign near Spring Hill
PASCO COUNTY, FL – A man was fatally struck by a pickup truck while he was crossing an intersection south of Spring Hill on his moped Tuesday. The incident happened at the intersection of Colony Road and Fairwinds Road as the moped rider made a left turn from Lake Karl…
News: Driver charged in connection to fatal Citrus Co. crash
HERNANDO, FL – The man believed to be responsible for a deadly crash in Citrus County yesterday is facing a number of DUI charges, WTSP reports. The collision occurred when 38-year-old David Kahler’s pickup truck crossed the center line of the Carl G. Rose Highway near the North Lecanto Highway…
News: Head-on crash near Lake Butler leaves 1 dead, another injured
LAKE BUTLER, FL – A woman was killed and a man was rushed to the hospital following a head-on crash in the Lake Butler area last Friday. According to WCJB, the driver of a pickup truck heading south on SR-121 crossed the center line near NE 188th Court for unknown…