Category Archives: Car Accident
Two Dead After Runaway Tesla Strikes Home
Investigators believe that speed was the primary factor in a deadly crash which killed a 69-year-old Pinellas County woman. Few details about the wreck were available, except that it happened on Manning Road and involved a Tesla which failed to stop at a stop sign at a T intersection. The vehicle barreled into a… Read More »
Crossing The Street In Tampa Bay Is Extremely Dangerous
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area is the eighth-worst area in the country for pedestrians, according to a recent report. Overall, the pedestrian death rate recently hit a 30-year high. The death rate has increased 45 percent since 2010, according to Smart Growth America. Structural changes, like lower speed limits, longer red lights, and wider… Read More »
Deadly Fireball Wreck On Veterans Expressway
A man is dead after he lost control of his pickup truck on the Veterans Expressway in Tampa and collided with a semi-truck. This wreck happened near the Hillsborough Avenue exit. According to investigators, the man, whose name was not released, tumbled across several lanes of traffic, hit a retaining wall, bounced back into… Read More »
Investigators Follow The Trail In A Tampa Hit-And-Run
Authorities located the car which they believe was involved in a deadly pedestrian hit-and-run accident, but the trail appears to end there. Florida Highway Patrol troopers investigating the accident, which took place on the Memorial Highway near Hillsborough Avenue, found the damaged car parked nearby. Earlier, according to surveillance video at the scene, an… Read More »
Possible Alcohol-Related Fatal Wreck In Halltown
Investigators believe that a motorist who ran a stop sign and smacked into a pickup truck may have been driving under the influence. The wreck happened at the intersection of Highway 266 and Farm Road 35. The deceased person, a 29-year-old Tampa man, was a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the… Read More »
Florida Teacher Finally Prevails In Dispute With Insurance Company
Even though a national auto insurance company was clearly in the wrong, it steadfastly refused to refund a policyholder’s deductible. After a Tampa high school teacher was involved in a fender-bender accident, she paid a $500 deductible toward repairs to her vehicle, even though the other driver admitted fault. “I’m a teacher and $500… Read More »
Number Of Fatal Car Crashes On The Rise
A dramatic increase in bicycle and pedestrian accidents has fueled one of the largest increases of fatal vehicle collisions on record. With coronavirus lockdowns over, people are getting out and going back to work again, noted advocacy group Forward Pinellas. In Hillsborough County, there have been 122 traffic fatalities in the first half of… Read More »
Wrong-Way Crash In Tampa Seriously Injures Three People
When a southbound driver inexplicably crossed over to the northbound side of McMullen Booth Road, the ensuing wreck seriously injured three people. Few details were available about this wreck, which happened near the Curlew Road intersection. According to investigators, a southbound Tampa woman jumped a median onto the northbound side, where she collided with… Read More »
Dual Fatal Car Crash In Lutz
Two people are dead after a driver apparently lost control of his car, spun off the road, and slammed into a tree. The wreck happened south of County Line Road on Highway 41. According to police and witnesses, the 22-year-old-driver, who was from Wesley Chapel, failed to properly negotiate a curve. He was killed… Read More »
Early Morning Intersection Wreck Kills Two People
Two people from South Carolina were killed when their SUV struck a semi-truck in Hernando County. Investigators said that a traffic light at the intersection of State Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 301 in Ridge Manor. Moments after an eastbound tractor-trailer entered the intersection, a southbound SUV t-boned the truck. Two passengers, who were… Read More »