Orlando, FL – A cruise ship headed to the Bahamas last month was forced to return to port in central Florida after a 14-month-old was injured in a fall aboard the ship. Royal Caribbean officials claim the child fell aboard the Monarch of the Seas. The child did receive medical…
A 41-year-old father and his three kids were killed Friday night in a car crash in Lake County. The man apparently lost control of his 2009 Mercedes Benz around 6:45 p.m. on State Road 33. Florida Highway Patrol troopers do not know what caused the man to lose control of…
Kendrick, FL – A 22-year-old motorcyclist who crashed into a dump truck Tuesday morning is still in critical condition at Ocala Regional Medical Center. The driver of the truck, a 57-year-old Summerfield man, was not injured. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the motorcyclist was heading north on Northwest Gainesville…
A 20-year-old Florida Army National Guardsman was killed Tuesday after the Humvee he was driving rolled over and crashed on U.S. 301 in Lawtey. The West Point, Ga., man was flown by helicopter to Shands at the University of Florida, but passed away a short time later. According to the…
Plant City, FL – A 6-year-old boy was struck by a car Monday afternoon just before 4:30 p.m. as he ran out into the street. The child suffered a head injury. The boy is conscious, and authorities expect the child to be OK. Police claim that the vehicle that struck…
San Juan, Puerto Rico – A wave of illness, suspected of being a norovirus, swept across the cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 last month, causing 201 passengers to fall ill. According to a spokeswoman for Cunard Line, the owner of the ship, the gastrointestinal illness outbreak subsided…
Gainesville, FL – The family of a drilling company worker who died in 2011 after being electrocuted after he struck an underground power line has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Gainesville Regional Utilities. The 27-year-old man was excavating with an auger at a Gainesville apartment complex on Aug. 22,…
Former chief of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly reached an agreement to settle a civil suit filed by the hotel maid that accused him of rape. According to the New York Times, full details of the settlement are unknown, but the French media reported that Strauss-Kahn would…
Two cruise industry groups, Cruise Lines International Association and European Cruise Council, announced a set of new safety measures recently that will focus on lifejacket storage, stability of heavy objects and operating procedures in the bridge area. The new policies are the most recent to come out after an intense…
Two passengers were killed and three critically injured last weekend when a too-tall charter bus crashed into the bottom of a concrete over pass at Miami International Airport. The bus driver drove into the overpass despite multiple warning signs that told drivers the overpass could only accommodate vehicles under 8-feet-6-inches…