Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Two Remain in Critical Condition After Saturday Crash

  Jenny Albano | February 21, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people remain in critical condition after a fatal two-car accident on Saturday, February 16. The drivers of the vehicles are still at Orlando Regional Medical Center.Authorities said one of the drivers, Jeremy Leon Halfcare, 20, of Eustis, refuses to speak with troopers about the accident, which claimed the life of his passenger and cousin, 18-year-old Ray Edward Jenkins.The authorities are...

• Single Car Wreck Kills Five Men in Ocala

  Jenny Albano | January 28, 2008 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, January 26, a car smashed into a tree killing five young men in Ocala.A car traveling at high speed down a private airport runway ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree early Saturday, killing all five young men in the vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.Investigators were unsure if the car was driving alone or if the vehicle was racing...

• Valrico Man Critically Injured in ATV Accident

  Courtney Mills | August 14, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 16-year old was riding on an ATV in Lithia and crashed into a tree. Reports indicate that Chris Anthony Casanova was riding on his ATV, failed to make a turn and ran head-on into a tree.The exact reason for the accident was unclear at the time, although speed did appear to be a factor. The operator was wearing a bike helmet, but suffered nonetheless very serious injuries in the accident. He...

• Car Crash Kills Driver

  Craig Cannon | May 01, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 19-year-old Silver Springs man died Sunday after a two-car crash. The crash occurred at the intersection of Northwest 145th Avenue Road and County Road 326. After the car crash Joshua Joseph Stacy was transported to Shands Hospital in Gainesville. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Stacy was driving a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier at the time of the crash. Stacy was traveling south on...

• Woman Killed by Van

  Craig Cannon | April 27, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A New Smyrna Beach woman was killed Wednesday afternoon after getting off a Votran bus on South Dixie Freeway. Shelby Kane, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Kane had just gotten off a southbound Votran bus and was crossing the four-lane street when she was hit by a van. Kane was apparently headed to the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, when the crash occurred. A...

• Hit and Run Driver Leaves Ocala Teen in Coma

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 14-year-old girl from Ocala was hit by a car while walking on her street. The accident left her in a coma. The driver of the car did not stop and fled the scene. The police believe she was hit by the side view mirror of the car. Another driver was able to provide police a description of the car. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said they believed the car was missing a windshield wiper and...

• Traffic Signals to Prevent Car Accidents

  Craig Cannon | April 20, 2007 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As a result of concerns over car traffic conditions in The Villages, a community development district board is openly in favor of installing traffic signals at the intersection of Morse Boulevard and San Marino Drive. The board expressed disappointment when professional traffic engineers recommended not to install traffic signals at the intersection. All five board members are concerned about...

• Neck Injuries in Car Crash Tests

  Craig Cannon | April 05, 2007 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Head restraints in several passenger vehicles provided marginal or poor protection against neck injuries and whiplash, the insurance industry reported today in new crash test results. Only 22 of 75 vehicles tested in a simulated rear crash at 20 miles per hour received the top score of good from the Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The vehicles were tested on a crash...

• Crash Kills Wife

  Craig Cannon | April 03, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Margaret Ann McGuire a resdient of Palm Coast and the wife of former police union executive and one-time Flagler County Commissioner Pat McGuire -- died Friday in a traffic accident on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast. Mrs. McGuire was killed when her car hit the back of a trailer being pulled by a dump truck. At the time of the crash the dump truck was trying to make a U-turn on U.S. 1 just past Seminole...

• Wrongful Death in Motorcycle Accident

  Craig Cannon | March 23, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man died in a car accident Monday afternoon. He was a 75-year-old trucking company owner who split time between Central Florida and Richmond, Va. He owned Butler Transport for 25 years in Richmond. His Florida home was in Leesburg. It's possible he was heading to or from her home when the crash happened.The victim was eastbound on County Road 486 in Citrus Hills at about 4:15 p.m. Monday...