When Baby Aboard, Avoid Heatstroke Accidents in Hot Cars
Babies and toddlers can fall asleep strapped into their car seat in the back of a car and be so quiet that it’s easy to forget they are there. No parent can imagine forgetting their child in a car back seat, but child heatstroke is a preventable tragedy that takes...
FHP: Texting and Driving Distracted at 89 MPH Before Crash
A driver involved in a fatal collision that killed a St. Petersburg woman was allegedly sending text messages and driving nearly 90 miles per hour in the seconds leading up to the crash. Earlier this month, the Leon County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Ashli Harvey, 27,...
Truck Driver Cited for Careless Driving in Multi-Vehicle Accident on I-75
The driver of a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer tried to maneuver to the shoulder of Interstate 75 near Dade City after the big rig developed mechanical problems and inadvertently caused a multiple-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon, according to a news report....