CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A man was killed and two others were injured in a multi-vehicle car crash near Lecanto Thursday morning. The crash happened around 11 a.m. on State Road 44 near the intersection with South Salisbury Terrace, reports the Citrus County Chronicle. A driver in a pickup truck…
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News Update: High school teacher dies day after being hit in parking lot
HOLIDAY, FL – A teacher at Anclote High School in Pasco County passed away from her injuries after she was hit by a vehicle in the school’s parking lot last Thursday. Ciara McKeon was hit by a 24-year-old driver in a Kia Sorento in the parking lot at the start…
News: 3 injured in Ocala car accident on SW College Rd.
OCALA, FL – Three people were injured after two vehicles collided in Ocala Tuesday afternoon. According to WCJB, the crash happened on Southwest College Road around noon between a mini-van and van. Emergency crews had to cut the driver out of the mini-van and transported them to an area hospital.…
News: 1 person killed in wreck after vehicle crashes into pond
PASCO COUNTY, FL – One person died after their vehicle crashed into a pond off SR-54 in Lutz Wednesday morning. According to WFLA, a 52-year-old woman was traveling on SR-54 near Henning Lane when she lost control of her vehicle and went off the road into a pond. Her vehicle…
News: Fatal collision in Pasco Co. kills 1, seriously injures another
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – An 81-year-old man died and a 13-year-old passenger was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash near State Road 54 Wednesday night. According to WFLA, the man was headed south on Wiregrass Ranch Boulevard approaching a construction zone when he hit a barrier fence. The vehicle then…
Data From NHTSA Shows Traffic Crash Fatalities on The Rise for the First 9 Months of 2021 | Florida Auto Accident Injury Lawyers Whittel & Melton
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its preliminary data for January-September (the first nine months of the year) for 2021. Their projections estimate that 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes for the first nine months of 2021, which is about a…
News: 2 injured in single-vehicle accident in Ocala
OCALA, FL – Two people were injured in a car accident that happened at the 3100 block of E Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala earlier this morning. A driver and passenger were found in a gray sedan around 7 a.m., reports Ocala News. The passenger had to be extracted from…
News: Head-on crash near Lake Butler leaves 1 dead, another injured
LAKE BUTLER, FL – A woman was killed and a man was rushed to the hospital following a head-on crash in the Lake Butler area last Friday. According to WCJB, the driver of a pickup truck heading south on SR-121 crossed the center line near NE 188th Court for unknown…
News: 2 killed, 1 injured in 2-car crash in Wesley Chapel
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – Two people were killed and a third was injured when their vehicles collided on SR-56 in Wesley Chapel yesterday, WTSP reports. The fatal collision comes just a day after another serious crash took place about two miles east on the same road. A 52-year-old man attempted…
News: Serious crash in Wesley Chapel leaves 2 injured
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – Two people were sent to the hospital following a major collision in Wesley Chapel on Tuesday. According to a report by WTSP, the crash occurred at the intersection of Meadow Pointe Boulevard and State Road 56. One person was airlifted to a nearby hospital in critical…