Car Accidents

March 15, 2024

News: Collision in Zephyrhills leaves 1 dead, 2 seriously injured

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ZEPHYRHILLS, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the scene of a fatal collision involving two vehicles in Pasco County on Wednesday night.

New Port Richey Patch reports the accident happened on Chancey Road north of Correia Drive in Zephyrhills. According to the FHP’s investigation, a woman was driving north on Chancey Road shortly before 7:30 p.m. when she lost control of her vehicle while going around a curve and crossed over the center line.

The vehicle collided nearly head-on with another vehicle. The driver of the first vehicle, a 44-year-old woman from Apollo Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene.

March 8, 2024

News: 3 injured, including child, in Ocala collision involving SUV and pickup

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OCALA, FL – Three people were injured after a collision at an Ocala intersection on Tuesday morning, reports WCJB.

First responders were called to the scene in the area of Northeast 40th Avenue Road and Northeast 36th Avenue. The incident involved a sport utility and a pickup truck, according to fire rescue crews. The vehicles collided and the pickup overturned as a result.

A child was extricated from the SUV and was rushed to an area hospital, along with two other injured victims. No details were immediately released on their conditions.

March 7, 2024

News: Marion County Fire Rescue ambulance involved in head-on crash

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MARION COUNTY, FL – Three people were injured in a collision involving a Marion County Fire Rescue ambulance on Tuesday morning.

According to the rescue squad’s Facebook post, the accident happened in the vicinity of SW 83d Ave Road and SW Highway 484 at 8:55 a.m. Rescue crews arrived to find that an ambulance had been involved in a head-on crash with a passenger vehicle, with both vehicles ending up on the side of the road. The ambulance had been responding to a routine medical call prior to the accident.

The driver of the car was trapped in the wreckage and extricated by rescuers, then was taken to an area trauma hospital. Marion County Fire Rescue said two of its first responders were evaluated at the scene and taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The two, a firefighter paramedic and firefighter EMT, were in stable condition.

March 6, 2024

News: Ocala man, 64, dies after pickup slams into guardrail and building

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MARION COUNTY, FL – A crash in Marion County on Monday morning killed the driver of a pickup truck, WKMG reported.

The driver was going north on State Road 35 near Larch Road when the wreck occurred at about 8:45 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that the pickup traveled off the road, crashed into a metal guardrail, kept going north and struck a building on Baseline Road.

The driver, a 64-year-old man from Ocala, died after being transported to an area hospital.

March 4, 2024

News: 2 victims of crash on SE 36th Ave identified as Ocala couple

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OCALA, FL – Authorities have identified the two people who died in a car wreck in Ocala last month, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.

The victims were 30-year-old Spencer Holden and his wife, 35-year-old Samantha Holden, both of Ocala.

The accident happened Feb. 20 on Southeast 36th Avenue near Southeast 15th Street at about 8:30 p.m. An investigation determined that Spencer Holden was driving a Mazda in the southbound outside lane with a Mercedes GLC 300 SUV behind him.

March 1, 2024

News: Hernando County man killed in Inverness rollover accident

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INVERNESS, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Citrus County early Monday morning left a driver dead, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

According to WTSP, it was determined that the driver was headed south on U.S. 41 in Inverness at about 4:15 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle entered a construction zone south of Davidson Avenue and hit a water pipe. The vehicle went airborne, collided with a tree and overturned.

The driver, a 62-year-old Hernando County man, suffered fatal injuries. His name was not immediately released.

February 27, 2024

Social Media Can Hurt You Personal Injury Claim: Irish Woman Loses $820,000 After Pic Emerges of Her Tossing Christmas Tree | Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Whittel & Melton

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A woman in Ireland recently learned the hard way that social media is not your friend when it comes to a legal dispute, like a personal injury claim.

After a photo of the 36-year-old woman winning a competition to see who could throw a tree the farthest surfaced online, an Irish court denied the mother’s $820,000 insurance claim.

In 2017, the woman apparently claimed in disclosures made before Ireland’s High Court that she suffered from “debilitating pain” from a car accident that prevented her from lifting heavy objects and kept her in bed on bad days.

February 23, 2024

News: Driver, 85, dies after colliding with tractor-trailer on US-301

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ZEPHYRHILLS, FL – A collision in Pasco County last week claimed the life of an elderly driver, state troopers said.

According to Pasco News Online, the victim was an 85-year-old woman from Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The Florida Highway Patrol said she was driving a Kia Soul north on US-301 in Zephyrhills Feb. 16 when the crash occurred at about 10:20 am.

The FHP said the woman attempted a U-turn at the intersection with Wire Road and entered the path of a tractor-trailer going south, resulting in a crash.

February 22, 2024

News: 2 dead, 1 injured after vehicles collide on SE 36th Avenue in Ocala

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OCALA, FL – The Ocala Police Department said a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday night left two people dead and another hospitalized.

Officers responded to the scene near the 1500 block of Southeast 36th Avenue after being notified of the incident at about 8:23 p.m.

A Mazda Miata and a Mercedes-Benz SUV collided and the Mazda went up in flames. A man and a woman in the car were both pronounced dead at the scene. A 17-year-old boy reported to have been driving the SUV was seriously injured and taken to an area hospital.

February 21, 2024

News: Collision on State Road 45 leaves 1 driver dead, 1 injured

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A two-vehicle collision in Alachua County left one of the drivers dead and the other injured, reports the Main Street Daily News.

The wreck took place Friday night on State Road 45 at 7:38 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a southbound Ford SUV crashed into a Chevrolet pickup truck going north on the roadway.

The driver of the pickup, a 29-year-old woman from Newberry, died after being taken to UF Health ER. The SUV driver, a 45-year-old Newberry woman, was seriously injured.