OCALA, FL – Authorities are investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred early Saturday morning in Ocala, WKMG reports.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was standing in an outside lane of State Road 40 near SW 57th Avenue at about 5 a.m. when he was hit by a vehicle.
The victim, a 29-year-old Ocala resident, died at the scene. The FHP is now trying to track down the driver and the vehicle involved in the crash.
PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was struck and killed by a pickup truck early Monday morning in Pasco County.
WFLA reports the man was lying in the roadway in the area of Lakeview Drive and Timber Wolf Court in New Port Richey when the collision occurred at about 2:25 a.m.
State troopers said he was hit by a pickup truck that was headed east on Lakeview Drive. The victim, a 22-year-old Spring Hill resident, died at the scene. The pickup truck kept going after hitting the pedestrian and went onto the shoulder of the roadway before hitting a mailbox.
MARION COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a teenage driver died following a fiery car accident in Marion County on Friday night.
Ocala-News reports the crash occurred on SE 95th Street near SE 7th Avenue Road between Ocala and Belleview at about 10:40 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, an 18-year-old man was driving a sedan eastbound at a high rate of speed when he went off the roadway and crashed into a tree, causing the car to catch fire.
The driver, an Ocala resident, was pronounced dead at the scene by Marion County Fire Rescue paramedics. No one else was in the car.
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – A pedestrian was hospitalized last week after being struck by an SUV on State Road 200 in Hernando, state troopers said.
According to the Citrus Chronicle, the incident took place Wednesday afternoon in the area of Wagonwheel Trail and Lance Terrace.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 37-year-old Hernando man was driving south in a Cadillac Escalade UT when he noticed a truck in front of him stopped and preparing to turn. The Cadillac driver veered into the center shared turn lane, and the vehicle’s side view mirror hit a woman crossing the street. The driver continued south, went onto a shoulder, overturned and struck a stop sign and sidewalk railing.
LEESBURG, FL – Police and first responders were on the scene of a serious accident on U.S. Highway 441 in Leesburg Wednesday afternoon.
In a Facebook post, Leesburg Fire Rescue said the two-vehicle crash occurred in front of Cecil Clark Chevrolet at about 2 p.m. Emergency crews arrived to find two vehicles with major damage and the driver of one of the vehicles, a jeep, was trapped inside.
Rescue crews extricated the driver out of the passenger side of the vehicle, and the victim was airlifted to a local trauma center. Other patients were treated at the scene.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – Two people were injured in a collision involving two motorcycles in Citrus County on Sunday morning, state troopers said.
According to the Citrus Chronicle, the crash occurred on U.S. 19 near West Ponce De Leon Boulevard near the Hernando County border at about 11:35 a.m.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a man driving northbound on a Spyder motorcycle veered between lanes before crashing into the back of a Harley Davidson Tristar motorcycle also going north, causing the Spyder to overturn. Witnesses had seen the Spyder driver trying to avoid debris in the roadway.
MARION COUNTY, FL – One person was killed and several others were injured in a collision in Marion County last week, according to Villages-News.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 75-year-old man was driving a Ford Edge west on County Road 42 Wednesday when the vehicle crashed into a Chevrolet Tahoe at about 6:10 p.m.
The Edge driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A 77-year-old female passenger was critically injured while another 57-year-old passenger was seriously injured, and both were transported to Ocala Regional Medical Center. All three people in the Edge were residents of The Villages.
BROOKSVILLE, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was killed when his motorcycle crashed Sunday morning on Powell Road in Hernando County, according to WTSP.
State troopers said the victim was going west near Falcon Ridge Trail in Brooksville when he drove off the road shortly before 10:40 p.m. The motorcycle overturned and slammed into a fence.
The rider, a 60-year-old man from Spring Hill, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released.
OCALA, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a Cape Coral man died in a pedestrian accident east of Ocala early Thursday morning, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.
The incident took place on State Road 40 East near Baseline Road at about 2 a.m. According to state troopers, the 32-year-old victim was struck by an older model Kia Altima as he stood in the left eastbound lane of State Road 40.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead after being taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital. His name was not released.
According to the American Association for Justice (AAJ), insurance companies in America make a whopping one trillion dollars every year from insurance premiums paid by consumers.
That’s a lot of cash. The methods used to keep their pockets full require some questionable tactics, including rejecting valid claims, hiking up premium costs, and denying certain coverages.
The AAJ researched court documents, FBI records, and interviewed former insurance company employees to compile a list of the worst 11 insurance companies in America.
Here they are:
CONSECO (Subsidiaries PENN LIFE and BANKER’S LIFE) – This company and its subsidiaries have all been accused of bad faith insurance practices, such as unethical business practices involving price hikes and false advertising and taking advantage of senior policyholders.