Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Ft. Myers

A multiple vehicle pile-up involving cars and trucks occurred early this morning in thick smoke from nearby brush fires. It happened on SR 25 near the Lee/Hendry county line. There were numerous...

The recent serious car and school bus crash at a local dangerous intersection has apparently prompted action to get a street light installed. Things are now moving faster after a woman and her...

A school bus and car collided at a dangerous intersection this afternoon injuring students from a local school and the passengers in the car. The intersection at Surfside and Veterans has no traffic...

As a follow up to today s earlier post more bad news on the streets of Charlotte and Lee counties Its getting bad out there A father and daughter were air lifted to the hospital after a car crash...

Last week was a dangerous and deadly one on the roads in Lee County A bicyclist was killed in a crosswalk a man was killed in a single car crashwith a woman passenger injured and taken to the...

Trauma patients in America's hospitals are not necessarily "all better" just because they are released from the hospital. A large number of those hurt in accidents and falls and are treated at hospitals are not pain free upon their release.62.7% of patients in hospital admissions from trauma had pain 12 months llater. The pain was characterized as moderately severe. More than half of these...

A car accident left occupants of two(2) vehicles injured last night in Lee county. The occupants were taken to the hospital after at least one vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a telephone pole.

On October 1st, no-fault auto insurance expires in Florida and many drivers are hoping for lower auto insurance premiums. Insurers were promised an average savings of 13 to 16 percent in premiums.Drivers will be required to purchase $10,000 in personal injury protection (PIP), to cover medical expenses for drivers and passengers following an accident. For some, especially those who do not have...

Four people were killed, Monday, in a train vs. car accident at a railroad crossing when an Amtrak train struck a car, police said. Witnesses say the car drove around the crossing gate. The impact of the crash threw the car in the air and the train came to rest approximately 300 yard down the train tracks.The car was completely destroyed, police said. There were no reported injuries on the...

Police have made an arrest in a hit and run accident that killed a man in a wheelchair.The suspect, 32, is charged with leaving the scene of the accident with death and felony driving on a suspended license.On Wednesday night, at 9:00 p.m., the man was crossing Fowler Street in his motorized wheelchair when a car hit him and sped away leaving the scene.Police had been looking for a suspect but...

A 24-year-old driver, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, struck two pedestrians in a car accident on Fort Myers Beach, Saturday, killing one, said Florida Highway Patrol.The accident occurred just after 9:30 p.m. on Main Street.FHP says the victims, a 55-year-old man and an unidentified woman were crossing the street when they were hit by a car. The impact caused the windshield...

A woman and her two children were killed in a fatal car accident, Saturday, and four others were injured when an SUV crashed head-on into another vehicle south of Fort Myers, authorities said.Florida Highway Patrol said the accident occurred at around 1 p.m. when the SUV was attempting to make pass in the left lane on Corkscrew Road, losing control of the vehicle and crashing head on into a...

A driver lost control of his vehicle, in a car accident, when he crashed into the side of a child's bedroom in Fort Myers, Florida. The accident left a huge hole in the side of the house located on Saint Ann's Court.A neighbor was nearly run over in the accident but officials say that no one was home at the time of the accident. A neighbor heard some noise, turned around and saw the truck go...

Fort Myers Police is investigating a day care worker that has been involved in a car accident on Wednesday with eleven children. None of the children had their seatbelts on, nor were they in car seats, say police.Officials say the woman was driving her Dodge Durango on State Road 82 when she tried turning left onto Buckingham when she drove into the path of a van. The driver of the van was...

Police are searching for the driver that ran over a three-year-old boy "twice" in a hit and run accident.The driver of a white truck backed up over the boy and then rolled over him again, before taking off. The car was found blocks away from the accident, but the driver is still unknown.The boy is in critical condition but authorities report he is expected to recover from his injuries. He was...