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• Florida Adds Emergency Contact Database

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 8:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Sometimes with a car accident or other emergency law enforcement have a hard time finding a family member to contact. The Florida Driver and Vehicle Information Database has now been changed so that anyone with a driver's license or state identification card can add an emergency contact person and phone number.In the event that a resident is hurt or killed in a traffic crash or other accident,...

• Motorcycle Crash Results in Wrongful Death

  Craig Cannon | February 24, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A resident of The Villages riding his motorcycle was killed when he crashed into a car. The motorcycle and car accident occurred in Ocala. The motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital where he as pronounced dead. The driver of the automobile did not suffer any serious personal injury.The collision left the motorcycle in several pieces and the rider was thrown at least 13 feet from the...

• Nursing Home Abuse Ends in Wrongful Death

  Craig Cannon | February 22, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Choosing a good nursing home is difficult. Unfortunately for the family of one elderly person, the nursing home they choose for their mother resulted in her wrongful death. The 81 year who suffered from alzheimer's was abused by aides at the nursing home. Thankfully, cases like this are rare - but resident advocates and nursing home administrators alike say elder abuse, in all its forms, is...

• Dump Truck and Pickup Truck Involved in Collision

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2007 3:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A pickup truck carrying 4 men was driving eastbound on U.S. 27 this morning when it collided with a dump truck. The front of the pickup went underneath the dump truck.Ocala Fire-Rescue officials reported it took about 40 minutes to extricate the two men from the blue-and-white pickup's front seat using the Jaws of Life and other cutting tools.Fire-Rescue spokesman Battalion Chief Wendell Rora...

• Two Men Injured in Car Crash

  Craig Cannon | February 13, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This was published in the Ocala Star Banner. Two area men suffered serious personal injury Tuesday morning after their pickup truck drove under the side of a large dump truck, crushing the cab and trapping the two front-seat occupants. Both men were airlifted to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. One man remained in critical condition for his personal injuries while the other...