WEIRSDALE, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol released information regarding a deadly motorcycle accident that occurred in Marion County Sunday morning.
According to the Ocala StarBanner, the crash occurred at the intersection of Southeast 175th Street and Southeast 155th Avenue in Weirsdale at about 12:45 a.m.
The FHP said a man was riding a motorcycle eastbound on 175th Street when he traveled across the westbound lane and onto the north grass shoulder, where the bike overturned.
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A multi-vehicle accident in Sumter County last week left one person dead and two others injured, reports WKMG.
The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the scene Jan. 23 on State Road 44 in the area of Industrial Drive. The FHP’s crash report stated that the driver of a truck did not slow down or stop for traffic ahead of him and rear-ended a Honda Civic at about 12:45 p.m. The truck also collided with a Ford F-150 ahead of the Civic as well as a Toyota Rav4 in an adjacent lane.
The Honda driver, a 50-year-old man from Wildwood, suffered fatal injuries. The truck driver, a 40-year-old man from New Jersey, and the Ford driver were hospitalized with minor injuries.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the scene of a fatal accident involving a motorcyclist and a pedestrian near New Port Richey, reports FOX13 News.
The collision happened on Little Road near Embassy Boulevard just after midnight Jan. 19. According to the FHP, the motorcycle rider was going south on Little Road when he collided with a pedestrian attempting to cross the roadway.
The motorcyclist, a 25-year-old man, and the pedestrian, an 18-year-old man, were pronounced dead after being taken to an area hospital. Their names were not immediately released.
Car accidents can happen to anyone on the road, and police officers on patrol are not immune to these incidents. While law enforcement officers are probably more carefully trained drivers than the rest of us on the roads, unexpected car crashes can happen. Maybe they were involved in a high-speed chase with another driver when they side swiped your car, perhaps they were looking at their laptop and rear-ended you, or maybe they were distracted while responding to a call and failed to notice a traffic light change. Whatever the reason, the process of how to handle the accident is not that different than your normal accident with a non-police officer.
First, you should remain calm and call 911 for a new officer to be sent to the scene of the crash. You do not report the accident to the law enforcement officer that hit you. You want a new officer to come to the scene so that you can relay what happened to them and they can file a crash report. The officer that was involved in the accident is not someone that you need to make small talk with or discuss fault. Now, the odds are that the officer involved in the crash and the cop that arrives at the scene know each other. Be polite and answer any questions truthfully, but do not divulge any information that is not necessary. Do not admit any fault or speculate as to what you think happened – just stick to the basic facts of the events leading up to the crash.
If you are injured at all, you should absolutely seek medical care as soon as possible. If you do not have any severe injuries that take you away from the crash site immediately, then take photos of the scene with your phone so that you have documentation of the crash site before any evidence is erased. You should get checked out by a doctor after any crash, minor or major, as some injuries may not present themselves right away. Make sure you follow up with your doctor after a car accident and observe any instructions they provide.
HUDSON, FL – An accident near a school bus in Pasco County last Wednesday afternoon sent a teenager to the hospital, according to Pasco News Online.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon in Hudson at about 3:05 p.m. Authorities said a Pasco County school bus had stopped at the intersection of East Road and Kodiak Avenue, and had its lights activated while dropping off students.
As a 13-year-old girl walked across the highway, she was struck by a southbound Mercury sedan whose driver, a 59-year-old Port Richey man, failed to stop.
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – New details have been released in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision in Sumter County, reports WESH.
The Florida Highway Patrol released information regarding the vehicle being sought in the incident, which occurred Jan. 17 in the area of County Road 475 and State Road 44 at about 5:30 p.m.
The FHP’s investigation determined that the driver of an unidentified car was heading south on C.R. 474 while approaching a stop sign and did not yield when entering the intersection. The driver of a Nissan Altima going west on S.R. 44 swerved to the left to avoid a collision with that vehicle and entered the eastbound lanes, where the car crashed into an eastbound Chevy pickup truck. The Nissan and the Chevy both caught fire.
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MARION COUNTY, FL – A 12-year-old child was hurt Wednesday afternoon, January 22, in Ocala when the vehicle they were traveling in was rear-ended by a school bus, reports WCJB.
The incident occurred in the right-turn lane of Southwest 60th Avenue, prompting an emergency response shortly after 4:30 p.m.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a 56-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a sedan and was stopped in the lane. At one point, the sedan was hit from the back by a school bus occupied by 26 students.
CITRA, FL – A crash in Marion County involving a train and a passenger vehicle left one person dead on Sunday morning, according to a WCJB report.
It occurred in Citra, in the area of NE 175th Street Road east of U.S. 301. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene at about 2:30 a.m. and found a person dead inside a vehicle.
The Florida Highway Patrol learned that a CSX train going south had collided with the vehicle at a railroad crossing.
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