An 84-year-old woman in Florida is dead after the vehicle she was riding in got rear-ended by another vehicle in a multi-car crash on Florida's Turnpike.Reports indicate that the accident happened around 6:23 p.m. on Monday, June 22. The vehicles were heading south. A...
You have nearly a 1 in 100 chance of dying in a car accident
It's pretty common to think of car accidents as incidents you see on the nightly news, something that impacts other people's lives. That's the only way that you can look at the 35,000 annual car accident deaths and not feel a bit frightened to drive. You have to think...
Left-turn accident takes one life
There are those who argue that one of the most dangerous things you can do on the road is to make a left turn, and the high prevalence of these accidents seems to support that. Recently, such a crash in Florida took one life and sent another person to the hospital.The...
Recessions make car accidents decline
Car accident rates stem from a lot of different factors. For instance, the invention of a new type of technology, such as the blind spot monitor, may lead to a decrease in overall accidents and an even greater decrease in that specific type of accident. On the other...
1 man dies in 2-car crash in Florida
A man in Florida is dead after a two-car accident that, according to initial reports, it appears that the other driver caused.The Florida Highway Patrol said that the man was from Felda, but he was driving near Immokalee on Monday morning. He was 46 years old at the...
Disney World vacation leads to 4 family members’ deaths in crash
A family from Massachusetts wanted to go to Florida's Disney World for a vacation in the colder months of the year, but the exciting trip took a tragic turn. The van they were in got involved in a traffic accident and four family members, spanning three generations,...
Wrong-way crash on I-75 involves 6 cars
The scene for a massive crash was I-75, the interstate that runs all the way from Florida to Michigan. A wrong-way driver in Florida caused a six-car crash.The accident happened on Sunday, February 9, around the early hour of 3:00 a.m. Per the Florida Highway Patrol,...
Why are U-turns so dangerous?
A driver ahead of you misses their turn. They decide to quickly pull a U-turn in the road, legal or otherwise, so they can get back on the right track.Just watching it happen, you can tell that it's dangerous. But why is it so risky, and why is it often illegal?In...
75-year-old woman pulls out in front of motorcycle
A man is dead after a 75-year-old woman apparently pulled out in front of him in her car. He was riding a motorcycle. He struck the car and suffered fatal injuries. He was 65 years old at the time of his death. Reports from the Florida Highway Patrol indicate that the...
Teen pushes brother out of the way of car, gets hit himself
A teenager in Florida is in the hospital after getting hit by a car, but his mother is calling him a hero for the way that he acted quickly to save his 4-year-old brother's life.Reports claim that the two were simply doing some holiday baking together and needed some...