Florida Personal Injury News Events

A motorcycle accident with an SUV resulted in the death of the rider in Lakeland, Florida. The accident happened when an SUV driven by Janise Johnson made a U-turn directly in front of a group of four motorcyclists. Yecenia L. Acosta Barrera was on one of the motorcycles and died...

A pedestrian crossing Berkley Road at the intersection with Leo Drive in Auburndale, Florida was struck on May 15, 2020 at approximately 7:40 p.m. The Ledger indicates that Moses Wearing was driving a 1993 Mercury Villager going southbound when his minivan struck a pedestrian who...

On April 29, 2020, a car accident at the intersection of US27 and Patterson Road was reported involving the death of Alberto Delgado Pereira and and injury to Emmanuelle Ramirez. The Ledger reported that Pereira failed to stop at a stop sign in Haines City, Florida and was struck...

News reports indicate that Ashley Scurry sustained fatal injuries in a car accident near Bartow, Florida on SR60 on April 13, 2020. The Ledger reported that a 1993 Toyota Camry that was driven by Tonya Rodriguez pulled out from Wingate and forcing Ms. Scurry to take evasive...

A teenage passenger died in a car accident on E. Memorial Blvd. at Holly Road in Lakeland, Florida on April 1, 2020. The accident happened at approximately 12:24 a.m. when a 2002 Honda Accord driven by Jonathan Joel Acosta crossed the center of the roadway and struck a 2017 Jeep...

A head on collision on US Highway 17-92 near Bates Road in Haines City, Florida was reported on March 7, 2020 with two deaths in The Ledger. The newspaper reported that Keith E. Mitchell and a 9-year-old child died in the collision It was reported that Mitchell, driving a 2016...

George Hillis was struck by a pickup truck while crossing SR60 in Lake Wales on March 3, 2020 at the intersection with Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard according to The Ledger. The newspaper reported that Mr. Hillis had crossed the eastbound lanes of State Road 60 and was struck...

Rafael Gandoy and Armando Melendez were struck by a semi-truck on SR60 in Mulberry, Florida on February 24, 2020 according to news reports in The Ledger. It was reported that the semi-truck crossed over the solid white fog line and into the bicycle lane on a curve near Coronet...

Abraham Ira Remchuk died after being hit by an F-150 on Lakeland Highlands Road while performing survey work on February 10, 2020 in Lakeland, Florida as reported in The Ledger. Remchuk was a licensed professional surveyor and mapper. Remchuk was hit by a 2006 Ford F-150...

Two injuries and one fatality were reported in an accident on Deen Still Road on February 4, 2020 when a pickup truck crossed the center line, sideswiped a semi-truck, and then collided with another pickup truck as reported in The Ledger. The driver (Justin Bowen) and a passenger...

The Ledger reported that India Williams’s pickup truck crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a Polk County Sheriff’s Office police cruiser on Combee Road on January 28, 2020. Williams was going the wrong way. The news report indicates that Williams had a...

Jeffrey Phillips was hit by a car crossing US92 on January 19, 2020 by a Hyundai Sonata driven by Ashley Farrow as reported by The Ledger. News reports stated that Phillips died from injuries sustained in the accident. The local news report indicates Phillips was walking from...

A rear end car accident in Auburndale at US 92 and Berkley Road was reported in The Ledger and caused the death of Linda Jean Baptiste on January 12, 2020. She was a passenger in a 2005 Nissan Altima driven by Loissaint Thermitus. The Altima was struck from behind by a Chevrolet...

Keeli Rodriguez of Haines City, Florida was injured in a head-on collision by a wrong way driver on January 6, 2020 on US Highway 17-92 as reported by The Ledger. The other driver, Tammi Hillman, did not survive. Unfortunately, wrong way accidents happen all too often. This...

Isabel Castro, from Lakeland, Florida, died on December 22, 2019 from injuries sustained in a Bartow car crash on December 20, 2019 as reported in The Ledger. The newspaper reported that the vehicle that she was riding in as a passenger made a turn and was struck on the side. Our...

Christopher Lee Anderson was reported to have been struck as a pedestrian on December 28, 2019 in Lake Wales, Florida. Police are searching for a mid-1990’s green Honda Accord with a missing rear view mirror who left the scene of the accident after the collision. Anderson is...

One death and a serious injury was reported in The Ledger from an accident on US27 in Davenport, Florida on December 13, 2019. The Ledger reported that the semi-truck allegedly ran a stop sign entering the highway at the intersection with South Boulevard West. Other injuries...

November 13, 2019. An accident on I-75 near New Tampa Boulevard involved eight vehicles. Five injuries were reported and two deaths. This accident was reported to have begun as a 2015 Mazda 6 driven by Usman Riaz stopped in the outside lane of I-75 and a semi-truck changed...

November 11, 2019. Andrew Boyd passed away after being struck as a pedestrian on SR60 in Lake Wales, Florida. The Ledger reports that he was walking east on the white line approximately one mile east of Sam Keen Road when we was hit by a 2014 Dodge Outdoorsman driven by Sheri...

November 10, 2019. Jenna Waldrop died after her motorcycle was hit by a van at the Winter Lake Road exit of the Polk Parkway. The Ledger reported that Brianna Board was driving a 2019 Ford Transit 300 van westbound on the Polk Parkway before exiting at Winter Lake Road. The...