Auto Accident
Man Killed By Flying Truck in Florida Auto Accident
The nwfDailyNews reports that a 60-year-old Navarre man died from injuries he received when his car was struck by an airborne pickup truck. The Florida auto accident occurred on U.S. Highway 98 close to the intersection with South Circle Westbound.
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Vehicle Involved in Fatal Florida Auto Accident was Stolen
A New Smyrna teenager, who caused a fatal State Road 44 auto accident, was driving a stolen truck and fleeing police when he struck a SUV and killed the driver—a father of two. DeLand police said that the 19-year-old suspect was driving the stolen truck east on S.R. 44 when he drifted into the westbound lanes and into the path of the 40-year-old father who was westbound near the intersection with Summit Avenue.
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Woman Killed in Calhoun County Auto Accident
The jcfloridan.com reports that a Calhoun County auto accident claimed the life of an elderly Marianna woman and sent two men to a local hospital with serious injuries. Florida Highway Patrol accident investigators say that the 81-year-old woman was taken to Calhoun-Liberty Hospital after the accident where she was pronounced dead from her injuries. They say she was driving a 1999 Dodge car northbound on County Road 275 when she failed to observe a stop sign, and violated the right of way of a southbound 1995 Toyota pickup truck on State Road 71.
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US Secretary of Transportation Retracts Toyota Statement
This article published in the New York Times recently reports that Ray LaHood, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has retracted a statement that he made recently regarding Toyota automobiles and the company’s massive recall of many models. The statement that caused LaHood to issue his clarification was one that he made recently, telling Toyota owners to “stop driving it, take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.”
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Toyota Announces Accelerator Recall in Europe and China
Toyota Motor Corporation has expanded the biggest recall in company history to include some Toyota models in Europe and China in addition to the millions the company has recalled in the United States. The auto giant made the announcement about the expansion of the recall program recently and has also announced that sales of some models will be suspended until further notice. Toyota is recalling millions of vehicles because the accelerators in some models are sticking, causing some vehicles to accelerate out of control.
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New Tollbooths Reduce Auto Accidents
A woman driving a 1997 Honda was driving through a tollbooth’s E-Pass lane on State Road 408 on June 21, 2007, when an 18-wheeler Orange County trash truck carrying 80,000 pounds of garbage struck her. The Orlando Sentinel reported that police issued no citations, but Orange County did agree to pay nearly $3,000 to compensate the accident victim for neck injuries and damage to her car.
Orlando Man Sentenced in Connection with Illegal Street Race that Killed One
An Orlando man accused of causing an auto accident that claimed the life of another man entered a guilty plea recently. The accused was allegedly involved in an illegal street race that killed a bystander watching the race.
“I want to say I’m so sorry to (the victim’s mother),” the man said after sentencing. After the accused made that statement, Judge Roger McDonald made an unusual request that stunned many in the courtroom—including the accused man’s mother.
Auto Accident Claims Two Lives
A couple married in Tallahassee last April was killed and their eight-year-old daughter orphaned in a drunk driving auto accident recently. As recounted in this Tallahassee Democrat article, the Havana couple wed at the Tallahassee Moose Lodge last spring after being together for more than ten years and having a daughter. On the evening of October 9, 2009, the couple was driving to the mother’s house to drop off their daughter at her grandparent’s to spend the night. As the couple waited to merge into traffic on the way, a drunk driver crashed his Dodge pickup truck into the back of their two-door Pontiac.
The 30-year-old father and 26-year-old mother were pronounced dead after transportation to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The daughter was reportedly riding in the back seat of the car when struck by the drunk driver and was unhurt in the accident. A sergeant on the Florida Highway Patrol said the 62-year-old driver of the truck was clearly intoxicated at the accident scene and was arrested on two counts of DUI manslaughter. The drunk driver reportedly bonded out of the Gadsden County Jail the day after the accident.
Truck with Improperly Secured Cargo Causes Chain Reaction Accident
An article published in the Orlando Sentinel describes a chain reaction accident that occurred in July 2009 when a semi truck’s improperly secured cargo caused cars to collide while drivers attempted to avoid the debris. Among the more unusual aspects of the accident was a car bumper with a 15-inch kitchen knife embedded in it that was part of the truck’s cargo. According to law enforcement officials investigating the car accidents, the chain reaction crash occurred on S.R. 520 near Bellevue Way.
Washington State Troopers said the accident began when a semi truck traveling westbound began losing its cargo and caused the chain reaction accident when cars, trucks and at least one motorcycle tried to avoid hitting the debris flying out of the back of the truck.
