Posts tagged accident

• Multiple Car Crash In Heavy Smoke In Lee/Hendry Counties on State Road 25

  Joseph Bernardo | May 17, 2008 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• School Bus and car accident with critical injuries update

  Joseph Bernardo | May 01, 2008 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• School Bus and car accident in Cape Coral cause serious injury

  Joseph Bernardo | April 29, 2008 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Long Term Pain In Personal Injury Cases

  Joseph Bernardo | March 18, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Serious Car Accident in Lee County - 4 people injured

  Joseph Bernardo | March 12, 2008 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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.

• Florida Motorists May Not See a Drop in Auto Insurance Rates

  Chrissie Cole | September 11, 2007 1:41 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Killed When Amtrak Train Strikes Car

  Chrissie Cole | July 19, 2007 3:41 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Woman Arrested in Hit and Run Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 23, 2007 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Driver Hits Two Pedestrians on Beach, One Dead

  Christina Cole | May 16, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• 3 Killed, 4 Injured In Head-On Collision

  Christina Cole | May 07, 2007 12:52 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...