Car Accident Lawyer Blog

National and insurance industry surveys often rank Florida as having a lot of bad drivers based upon statistics of the number of accidents involving fatalities and property damage. Some surveys use individuals’ responses to questions about driving habits while others use...

A three car accident occurred on near 1600 East Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida and caused traffic jams. This location is near Edgewood Drive’s intersection with New Jersey Road. The picture below shows crash damage from the accident. Emergency Medical Conditions In Florida...

In 2015, a total of 35,092 people lost their lives in traffic accidents. On August 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made a press release calling for action to decrease the number of deaths on U.S. Highways. In...

Another car accident near the 1600 block of Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida has been reported on September 8, 2016. This accident involved two vehicles and resulted in the damage shown below. Serious Accident Damage No injuries were reported in this accident, however, the...

A four car chain reaction collision happened at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Sunday night. The accident happened when Julie Gough, 23-years-old, claims to have taken her eyes off the roadway after dropping a Gatorade botton the floor of her car. She was driving a 2003 Honda CRV and...

This accident involved a vehicle that lost control at high speed and rolled several times before coming to a stop. A stunning video of the incident is located on the internet. The driver is recovering from injuries suffered in the crash. The accident happened in the afternoon on July...

Two people suffered serious injuries in an accident on Interstate-4 at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The accident happened in the westbound lanes near Maitland Boulevard. A black Honda Civic flipped and the driver had to be taken by helicopter for emergent care at a trauma...

Lucilinda Quiles was driving 2015 Mazda on SR 408 when she moved out of the left lane, into the grass median, and then struck a barrier wall. Her vehicle stopped hanging from the bridge as in the photograph below. Rescuers were able to get her and a child out of the vehicle before...

Leonard Pasco died of injuries suffered while as a passenger in a car accident. This collision happened as James Diggins was driving his 2004 Oldsmobile Alero on U.S. 301 near Jordan Road when he struck a 1995 Lincoln Town Car driven by John Bryant carrying four passengers. Pasco was...

Li Shangying was struck and killed while riding a bicycle eastbound on Chalet Suzanne Road in Lake Wales, Florida. Shangying was 63 years old and a Chinese citizen. The accident happened at approximately 10:15 p.m. on Thursday night when Erick Bond struck her going east with a 2008...

A pickup truck pulling a trailer on State Road 429 near mile marker 26 was involved in an accident. The trailer separated from the pickup truck and came to a stop approximately 50 feet away. The trailer involved was a utility type trailer that is often used to haul lawn equipment....

Tanga Frazier is charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, and child abuse arising out of an accident with a police car. The accident happened at the intersection of Scenic Highway S and Domaris Avenue. Thereafter, she fled the scene and was found at 620 Emerald Avenue...

The National Safety Council (NSC) reports that a total of 19,100 deaths occurred on U.S. highways in the first six months of 2016 representing an overall increase of 18% from 2015. Nationwide, the estimated annual mileage death rate was 1.3 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles...

An accident near Waterford Lakes sent one vehicle into a retention pond. Two people were rescued from that vehicle shown in the photograph below. The other vehicle went into a ditch. Specific details about the accident are not clear. Emergency calls regarding the accident were...

A man on a motorized bicycle is in critical condition after getting hit crossing the road. The man has not been identified by was crossing W. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s Boulevard at N. Himes Avenue when he was struck. The accident happened at approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday. The...

Geovany Mendez is charged with DUI following a head on collision with another vehicle. The accident happened at approximately 11:15 p.m. when Mendez was going southbound in the northbound lane of Anderson Road near Hoover Boulevard. The other driver was reported to have suffered and...

A DUI driver heading west on Hillsborough Avenue crossed over the center line and into the eastbound lanes causing a serious accident. After crossing over, Yadixa Rodriguez struck a traffic light and another car as seen in the photograph below. Rodriguez is facing DUI charges with...

Francisco Dominguez died as a result of an accident near mile marker 35 on Interstate 4 in Lakeland, Florida. The accident happened when a 2008 Ford F-150 pickup truck going eastbound lost control and flipped over. The truck was driven by Edgar Ramirez-Chavez and was carrying Leonel...

A car accident on South Florida Avenue at West Alamo Drive in Lakeland, Florida results in injuries. The accident occurred at approximately 9:00 am. in front of 4355 S. Florida Avenue between a red Ford Expedition and a silver Hyundai Sonota. The Ledger reports the injuries as...

A Ford F-150 pickup truck went through the lobby of a Goodyear Tire Store located at 456 King Street, N. This second accident occurred after the F-150 was involved in an accident with a blue sedan that had been headed north on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street, N. when the driver of...