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On Tuesday, six separate traffic accidents forced a temporary closure of Interstate 595. The Miami Herald reports that a total of 18 vehicles were involved in the accidents, but only two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

According to Florida Highway Patrol officials, the first auto accident occurred around 7am in the westbound lane near Davie Road. A car lost control and hit two other vehicles, causing a chain reaction of five cars.

Four separate crashes occurred in the eastbound lanes around Flamingo Road. All of those crashes were rear-end collisions.

Lanes reopened after 6 separate accidents on I-595, Miami Herald, August 18, 2009 Continue reading

Over the weekend, three accidents in Florida’s Okaloosa County resulted in two deaths and six injuries. The first car accident happened on Friday just before midnight when a driver turned left in front of another vehicle. The 49-year-old woman behind the wheel was killed, while the other driver was seriously injured. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said neither driver was wearing a seatbelt when the collision occurred.

Then around noon on Saturday, another auto accident occurred on Interstate 10 near mile marker 65. According to a FHP release, a 47-year-old driver was traveling east when she hit standing water in her lane and lost control of her vehicle. She hit the guardrail before her car overturned. The driver and three of her passengers sustained minor injuries, but a 62-year-old woman was critically injured in the crash. No charges are pending in that car accident.

The third auto accident occurred on Saturday at 10:30pm when a pedestrian walked into the path of an oncoming car near Beasley Park. The 58-year-old man died after being hit by two vehicles. Neither driver is thought to been under the influence of alcohol, but the toxicology report is still pending for the man who died. According to reports, one of the drivers was charged for having a valid driver’s license.

Series of weekend crashes kills two, injures six, Northwest Florida Daily News, August 3, 2009 Continue reading

Our Florida personal injury attorneys have been following a bus accident at Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida.

The bus crash occurred when a southbound World Drive bus rear-ended another Disney passenger bus around 2:40pm last Thursday afternoon. The driver of one bus crashed into the back of another vehicle, which had stopped while it was trying to merge from the three lanes to two lanes on World driver.

Of the 50 people who were traveling on the two buses, twelve were injured and taken to Disney area hospitals. The drivers were reportedly unharmed. This marks the second serious accident at Disney World in the past two weeks. Earlier this month, a monorail pilot was killed in an accident.

2 Walt Disney World buses crash, JusticeNewsFlash.com, July 20, 2009 Continue reading

According to a report recently released by the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida drivers are more likely to get into a car accident in Jacksonville than anywhere else in the state. With a total of 14,000 crashes last year, Jacksonville topped the list of Florida auto accidents in 2008, beating Miami by roughly 50 percent.

Another reported released from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test showed that Florida ranks 43rd in the country based on driver’s exam scores. Florida drivers averaged a 74.1%.

Despite this data, there were fewer Florida motor vehicle crashes last year compared to 2007. The number of fatalities fell below 3,000 for the first time in eight years. Pedestrian fatalities fell about 5%, while injuries climbed more than 4%. The data shows that Pedestrians were less likely to be killed in a car accident, but they were more likely to be hit and injured.

Jacksonville tops Florida for car crashes, BizJournals.com, July 9, 2009 Continue reading