The Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging everyone to “Deck the Halls” safely this holiday season. An estimated 15,000 people will be injured this holiday season based on the number of people sent to emergency rooms across the nation last November and December. The worst of the injuries reported involved…
A 40-year-old Kissimmee motorcyclist was killed Wednesday after a car that was turning in front of him struck him on Fletcher Avenue. The biker was riding a 2000 Yamaha Road Star westbound around 7:30 p.m. on Fletcher Avenue when the driver of a 1998 Ford Taurus heading eastbound tried to…
A 42-year-old St. Petersburg woman was killed Monday after the vehicle she was riding in was broadsided on Fourth Street N. in St. Petersburg. According to police, the woman was a passenger in a 1992 Buick driven by her 53-year-old roommate. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. Police claim the…
A three-vehicle collision in Oldsmar Wednesday afternoon took the life of an 81-year-old man. The accident occurred around 2:47 p.m. at the intersection of Tampa Road and St. Petersburg Drive. According to Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies, the Clearwater man’s wife, 65, was driving a 2005 Cadillac DeVille west on Tampa…
A St. Petersburg teen was recently arrested on charges of DWI manslaughter in connection to a crash that killed a Winter Haven couple in Parrish last year. The 18-year-old was arrested in early September after the State Attorney’s Office filed charges against her, according to the arrest report. She has…
A 44-year-old Sarasota bicyclist was killed Monday after he was struck by a vehicle on Bee Ridge, authorities said. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred near the intersection of Hidden Glen Drive east of Interstate 75. Based on…
Two 10-year-old girls were killed Sept. 1 in Auburndale after deputies believe a driver ran a red light and crashed into the car they were riding in. The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Havendale Boulevard at the intersection with New Jersey Road. According to reports, a 2006 Dodge Ram…
An 8-year-old Bradenton girl was killed in a gruesome crash in Manatee County on Sunday. Officials believe the crash occurred east of I-75 on State Road 70, just west of Curtis Road around 4 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a SUV lost control and drove over a median,…
A two-year-old girl who managed to crawl through a doggie door and fall into a backyard swimming pool Friday night in Pinellas Park died on Sunday from near-drowning injuries. The girl passed away around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at All Children’s Hospital, according to Pinellas Park police. A family…
A Tarpon Springs man died Sunday in Clearwater after he lost control of his car, injuring two other drivers. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 20-year-old was travelling southbound at a high rate of speed in his 2003 Honda Accord in the outside lane of U.S. Highway 19 when…