Supraja Alaparthi’s family may have a case against any company or person found responsible for the tragic parasailing incident on Memorial Day in the Florida Keys that killed her and injured her young son and nephew. The 33-year-old mother from Schaumburg, Illinois, was killed after a sudden storm prompted a boat captain to cut…
Deerfield Beach resident Reynald French, 55, was killed March 24 by a turning tractor-trailer on State Road 7 in Boca Raton. In situations such as these, it is not always clear whose fault the incident was. Truckers are subject to many different detailed regulations requiring them to get adequate sleep, only travel a limited…
Anthony Creech, 48, died on December 3 after he was hit by the trailer of a landscaping truck while crossing Okeechobee Boulevard and Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Data from FDOT shows Okeechobee to be most dangerous and deadly road in the entire county.
Jupiter Resident Dawn Bajak died on Monday after a driver ran a red light at an intersection and struck her in a crosswalk.
Melissa Hicks Nault, 38, of Callahan, died on Thursday night, February 27, after being struck by a car on US 301. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say the accident happened near Janes Lane. Nault was driving behind a Toyota 4Runner that came upon two horses standing in the southbound lane. The 4Runner’s driver was…
Alina Palla Acosta, 27, died in a bizarre accident on Wednesday, February 19, while rollerblading in Pompano Beach. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Acosta was rollerblading down a multipurpose path along the 600 block of Northeast 10th Street. The driver of a speeding silver Nissan lost control of the vehicle and hit…
An early morning accident on Interstate 95 in Miami led to the death of a worker doing construction nearby on Sunday, February 16. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say the accident happened around 2 AM on Sunday, in the southbound lanes near 62nd Street. They report that a black SUV crashed into a white…
On Wednesday morning, January 29, Dwyer High School student Aden Williams was walking to the bus stop when an SUV struck him, leaving the teen with serious injuries. Williams, 14, was an honor student and aspiring engineer. Courtney Newell, a family friend who helped organize a vigil held in his honor on Wednesday, February…
Natalie Nickchen, a 19-year-old FSU student, died Thursday morning after being hit by a car in a pedestrian crosswalk. The accident happened on West Tennessee Street in Tallahassee. Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) officials say a driver, Ivey Green, 24, ran a red light and struck Nickchen, who was in the pedestrian crosswalk in the…
On Tuesday, January 28, a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train. West Palm Beach Police say the man was pronounced dead after an eastbound train hit him, at around 11 AM on the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway track. The accident occurred near Conniston Road, just north of Southern Boulevard….