When police officers respond to an emergency call, they are trained to react immediately and to proceed to the scene as quickly as possible. This is why sirens and horns are used on their cruisers, and this is why civilians are expected to clear out of the way when police vehicles sound the warning sirens. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The most difficult aspect of any hit-and-run crash is identifying the driver who left the scene of the accident. Many times, the driver is eventually apprehended after police locate the vehicle that was involved in a crash, as it usually sustains heavy damage that cannot be concealed quickly. That appears to be what occurred yesterday [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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The law of personal injury generally turns on fault. While this concept seems relatively straightforward, assigning fault based on negligence or recklessness can be a complicated matter when several different parties and forces combine to result in serious injuries. Such a situation played out yesterday in Miami when a police officer and the driver of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
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One-vehicle crashes generally only result in loss and damages to the person driving the vehicle in question, unless that accident causes property damage. However, when the driver of a vehicle is carrying passengers, that driver has a duty to keep those passengers safe. Tragically, a one-car crash on Florida’s Turnpike early Sunday morning left two [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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U.S. 1 in the Keys is somewhat notorious for its crashes, and one of the reasons is that when even a minor collision occurs, it can lead to other problems given the lack of an escape for other vehicles. This past weekend was an especially dangerous one on that stretch of road. Several auto accidents [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 22, 2010
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Bicyclists are on the road in Miami in almost any place and at almost any time, and everyone who gets behind the wheel needs to be prepared to share the road with those on two wheels. Unfortunately, two early-morning bicyclists seemed to pay the price for a lack of awareness by a driver when they [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 12, 2010
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Auto accidents that occur on highways or other heavily-traveled roadways can lead to instant disaster given the high speeds and high number of vehicles that are in the area at any given time that a collision occurs. Tragically, one person was killed and four others were injured in an auto accident on the Gratigny Expressway [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
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When auto accidents occur on busy highways, it can be difficult to discern what led to the problem in the first place. When a pedestrian is hit under the same conditions, understanding the cause or causes can be even more difficult. Investigators are still attempting to find out what went wrong this morning on I-95 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Driving under the influence of alcohol is something that too many people still are willing to do despite all of the warnings and hard lessons that have been doled out by countless groups over the years. When someone makes this choice, he or she is not only taking unreasonable risks upon him or herself but [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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When two large trucks collide, it not only creates serious danger for everyone else on the road at the time, but the situation can also become dangerous in the aftermath of the crash depending on the type of cargo that was involved. Tragically, one truck driver lost his life when his truck hit another that [...]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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