According to a new report, the overall number of staged auto accidents in Florida so an insurance claim could be filed has dropped by more than half since the laws governing personal-injury protection were reformed. The number of PIP claims involving accidents that appear to have been deliberately caused plummeted…
A pilot and his passenger are listed in serious condition after their single engine plane crashed into a back lot near a Lowe’s home improvement store in Palatka on Friday morning. The plane, a Cessna 400, was attempting to touch down at the nearby Kay Larkin airstrip, but crashed to…
A total of ten people were injured in a school bus crash on Monday near Walt Disney World. According to Orange County Fire Rescue officials, 50 students were on the bus headed to a local middle school. Nine of those students were transported to local hospitals with injuries. The crash…
A 28-year-old cruise ship worker has been arrested after being accused of raping a passenger aboard a Holland America Line vessel and then trying to throw her overboard, according to authorities. The FBI arrested the man Sunday when the MS Nieuw Amsterdam returned to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The…
A 4-year-old child died Monday after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the North Carolina coast. A 6-year-old boy was also found in the pool Monday morning, but a medical team was able to revive the boy and he was flown to…
A 72-year-old man was killed after being struck by four vehicles near the intersection of County Road 44 and South Fish Camp Road in Grand Island northwest of Eustis shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the Fruitland Park man was on the south shoulder of County…
A Mount Dora man injured while riding his 2008 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle last month passed away recently. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the 51-year-old died Monday, Dec. 30, at 1:03 p.m. at Ocala Regional Medical Center. His 49-year-old wife, also of Mount Dora, remains at ORMC. The accident…
Court documents allege that Carnival Cruise Lines was aware of the risk of leaks from engine fuel hoses on the Carnival Triumph that later caught on fire at sea before it set sail on Feb. 7. Documents filed by Carnival Cruise Lines in federal court in Miami revealed a compliance…
A Canadian passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship vanished recently, and police in the Cayman Islands suspect the 65-year-old may have fallen off the boat. Search crews have been scouring the waters around the British Caribbean territory looking for the unidentified man believed to have fallen around dawn Tuesday…
Two boys riding dirt bikes are recovering in the hospital after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve. The boys, 13 and 16, were riding their bikes around Southwest 66th Terrace and Southwest 28th Street when a Nissan Altima hit them around 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Miramar…