Airborne Car Crashes Into Vehicles Sending Three To Hospital

Saturday afternoon, Jake Jimenez was the driver of the car that witnesses say was traveling at a high rate of speed when entering the intersection of Littleton Road and US 41 in the North Fort Myers area. His speed was such that witnesses claim his car was airborne entering the intersection after hitting a bump. [...]

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Brothers Injured in Tampa Car Accidents Five Years Apart

A wreck left a 24-year-old Pinellas County man struggling to survive serious head injuries, five years after his brother was injured in a similar Tampa car accident. Michael Graziano was riding in a speeding 1994 Volvo that rear-ended a dump truck while trying to pass it on Ulmerton Road in Largo around 3 a.m. Tuesday, [...]

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Two Separate Tampa Car Accidents Claim Lives

Last night in Tampa, two people were killed in two separate auto accidents. Both of the fatalities occurred in Hillsborough County. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, a motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle stuck the median at the intersection of Magnolia Park and Progress Boulevard. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet. He [...]

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Civil Complaint Involving Tampa Car Accident “Summarily Ignored”

In 2010, the 54-year-old grandmother was involved in an Tampa car accident with Aqib Talib, a cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The accident, which took place on Westshore Boulevard near the intersection with Spruce, seemed relatively minor at the time. According to Atwood, however, Talib lost his temper and threatened to “put a cap” [...]

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Fatal Tampa Car Accident on Courtney Campbell Causeway

A Tampa car accident resulted in a man’s death when his vehicle and a party bus collided. The accident occurred at approximately 3:30 in the morning on Sunday. The man who was killed and has not yet been identified was traveling north on the Courtney Campbell Causeway. The crash took place at a traffic light [...]

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Search for Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run

Just this Saturday, an Auburndale woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run. Polk County police began their search for the driver on Sunday. Pamela Miclette, 45, was hit on Amour Avenue, a two-laned neighborhood street just off of Dairy Road and above U.S. 92. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Miclette was crossing [...]

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Two Arrested for Robbery and Arson that Killed a Tampa Man

Two men were arrested this weekend for the robbery and arson which caused the death of an elderly Tampa man last week. Investigators reported that early Thursday morning, four suspects entered Richard Lee Blackman’s home, robbed him, and set the house on fire. A clerk at a local convenient store reported the fire at about [...]

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Worker Injured at Pepsi-Cola Plant

An Oldsmar man was seriously injured while working at a Pepsi-Cola plant this weekend. The accident occurred at around 11:30 am Sunday, August 29th. The Tampa plant is located on North 30th St near the University of South Florida. As reported by Tampa police, Christian Lee Vance, 39, was cleaning a conveyor belt when tragedy [...]

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Man killed in Tragic Boating Accident

August 21, 2011- An obscure boating accident Sunday afternoon on the Homosassa River left many people in shambles. The accident resulted in one fatality and several injuries. Heather Yates, a sheriff’s office spokesman reported that the sheriff’s office received a call about the accident at about 4:05 p.m. on Sunday. The boat flipped over, sending [...]

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Lakeland Woman Injured in 1-4 Crash

A Lakeland woman was injured in a crash on U.S. 41 in Hillsborough County on Thursday, August 18th. At about 6:39 a.m., Elizabeth Bateman, 26, was traveling North on U.S. 41 near 10th St Southwest in her 2004 Chevorlet Malibu. When she turned left, she collided with Juan A. Lopez Guzman, 24. Guzman was driving [...]

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