Category: Automobile Accidents
Update on Takata Airbag Recalls
April 3, 2020 | Category: Automobile AccidentsOn January 23, 2020, NHTSA and the Independent Takata Monitor issued its third report on the status of the Takata airbag recall.
Distracted Driving Kills – National Distracted Driving Month
April 1, 2020 | Category: Automobile AccidentsIn 2019, distracted driving was a reported factor in 8.5 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes.
Daylight Saving Time Causes More Accidents
March 26, 2020 | Category: Automobile AccidentsEvery year, switching to Daylight Saving Time causes more incidents of fatal car accidents, heart attacks, and strokes.
What a Parent Needs to Know When a Teen Is Ready to Drive
March 25, 2020 | Category: Automobile AccidentsTeens usually count the days until they are eligible to start driving. It is a “rite of passage” for young people and a time parents often enter with trepidation.
NHTSA Released Highway Safety Grants
March 23, 2020 | Category: Automobile AccidentsOn February 13, 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released $562 million in highway safety grants to help save lives.
Driver Loses Control of Vehicle and Is Hospitalized
March 14, 2020 | Category: Automobile Accidents, Florida News AlertsLee County, FL (March 13, 2020) Victoria Carney, 30, was driving north on Daniels Parkway near Commerce Lakes Drive around 2:12 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle.
Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Injures One
March 13, 2020 | Category: Automobile Accidents, DUI Accidents, Florida News AlertsCape Coral, FL (March 12, 2020) Cecilia Hamm, a Cape Coral mother, lost her husband and son to a wrong-way drunk driver in April 2019. Last night she almost lost her second son to another wrong-way drunk driver.
Stop-Sign Runner Responsible for Two-Vehicle Accident
March 13, 2020 | Category: Automobile Accidents, Florida News AlertsFort Myers, FL (March 12, 2020) Fort Myers Police say two drivers were taken to the hospital after they were involved in a crash on Fowler and Linhard Avenue in Fort Myers Thursday night.
Cape Coral Driver Runs Red Light Causing 4-Car Crash
March 11, 2020 | Category: Automobile Accidents, Florida News AlertsCape Coral, FL (March 9, 2020) A Cape Coral woman ran a red light with a child in her vehicle.
Two Teens Injured When Car Launches Into the Air
March 11, 2020 | Category: Automobile Accidents, Florida News AlertsCollier County, FL (March 9, 2020) Two teens in a 2013 Lexus were injured when their car went airborne and flipped over several times on 4th Avenue NE in Golden Gate Estates.