An Orange County sheriff’s deputy responding to a call in the early morning hours on Monday struck and killed a pedestrian in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 38-year-old Orlando deputy was not injured in the crash, which occurred around 3:15 a.m. on Oak Ridge Road near Orange…
October 8 is International Walk to School Day, a day when thousands of schools in the U.S. and in 40 countries strive to raise awareness about walking and bicycling to school. This day expresses the need for walkable communities throughout the world and encourages more children to walk to school.…
A Bradford County school bus carrying 15 elementary school students was rear-ended by a big rig Monday afternoon near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 201A in Lawtey. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, there were 10 people transported to area hospitals – the 35-year-old driver of the…
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…
Two people were seriously injured Monday morning after a small plane crash-landed at Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg. A Piper PA-28 single-engine plane on its way to Albert Whitted Airport crashed at the park around 10:30 a.m. The plane had taken off from Tallahassee and was carrying three men…
A New York father has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against the makers of a plastic T-ball bat that allegedly mangled his 5-year-old son’s face, leaving him to suffer severe facial injuries and permanent scarring. The lawsuit claims that the Adjust-A-Hit T-Ball set was defectively designed, according to reports. The…
A woman was critically injured in Brooklyn last week after a car hopped a curb and crashed into her, according to witnesses at the scene and the FDNY. Witnesses and fire officials claim a black car heading south on Court Street in Brooklyn Heights made a right turn onto Atlantic…
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…