The cruise ship accident this past weekend aboard the Costa Concordia is inexcusable. With modern technology including sonar and GPS which average people have in their cell phones and recreational boaters almost universally use it is extraordinary and gross negligence for a professional sea captain, with thousands of lives in…
MIAMI, FL—A 10-year Broward County Sheriff’s deputy lost his life in an off-duty motorcycle accident in Oakland Park on New Years Day, according to information provided by WSVN. Reports appeared to suggest the off-duty BSO deputy suffered fatal injuries upon colliding with a vehicle at the intersection of Commercial Boulevard…
MIAMI, FL—Two of three motorists involved in the horrific Dec. 26 northwest Miami-Dade crash that claimed the life of a pedestrian subsequently fled the scene, CBS Miami reported. The hit-and-run victim, whom is both a father and a grandfather, was pronounced dead at the scene of the violent traffic accident.…
MIAMI, FL—An officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department suffered unspecified injuries when his cruiser rear-ended a big rig along the southbound Florida Turnpike early Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. According to information provided by the Miami Herald, the police-involved 18-wheeler accident occurred in close proximity to Kendall Drive in Miami-Dade County…
MIAMI, FL— November 22, 2011 – A construction employee was pronounced dead after he reportedly sustaining a gunshot wound at a Miami work site on the morning of Nov. 21, according to information provided by NBC Miami and WSVN. While the fatal shooting appeared to be accidental in nature, officials…
MIAMI— November 1, 2011 – Both local and federal authorities are investigating an unfortunate plane crash that occurred in southwest Miami-Dade County and resulted in two fatalities on Oct. 29, according to information provided by WSVN and the Miami Herald. Two Miami residents, a male pilot and his female passenger,…
MIAMI, FL— September 8, 2011 – One traffic fatality was reported following a horrific South Florida collision that occurred in close proximity to the Miami International Mall in Doral on the night of Sept. 6. Although the cause of the fatal car accident remained unclear, NBC Miami reports indicated a…
MIAMI, FL— September 05, 2011 – A driver and two pedestrians were killed in a violent South Florida collision that occurred along U.S. Route 1 in the Florida Keys. According to the Sun Sentinel, the triple-fatality pedestrian accident occurred in close proximity to Key West in Monroe County, Fla. during…
MIAMI, FL—July 13, 2011 – While authorities from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deemed a toddler’s recent drowning to be accidental, the fatal swimming pool accident yet again sheds light on the dangers many children, and even inexperienced swimmers, face. According to information provided by the Tampa Tribune, a 19-month-old New…
MIAMI, FL—Boynton Beach Police officials are investigating the near drowning of a 1 ½-year-old boy, which occurred in a residential swimming pool on the morning of June 21, 2011. According to information provided by the Palm Beach Post, police told reporters that the toddler was transferred from Bethesda Memorial Hospital…