Blog Posts in September, 2011
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By
Last week, commissioners in Hillsborough County unanimously approved an ordinance that purportedly addresses fraud associated with the staged car crashes that have plagued the area. As I have ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By
While on vacation in July, the Johnson family of Palm Bay, FL was rear-ended as they were stopped at a red light. A speeding pickup truck slammed into the back of the family's van, crushing it and ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By
Safety groups, consumer advocates and doctors in California petitioned the U.S. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require seat belts in school buses. Their petition was ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By
As I have discussed in previous blogs, staged car accidents are a serious problem in Florida. After deliberately causing typically either a rear-end accident or a sideswipe accident , con artists take ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By
Just before 6 am on September 8, a semi-truck lost a wheel traveling northbound on I-95 starting a chain reaction of accidents that lead to a car catching fire and the death of a man. The wheel ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By
Tampa Bay Online reported on a car accident that closed a 10-mile stretch of road early Monday morning. US 301 was closed in Tampa, Florida between McIntosh and Chancey roads from approximately 5:30 ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By
The Sun-Sentinel.com reported on August 28 a 20 year old motorcycle rider, Ryan Squitieri, was killed in a motorcycle crash with a van on State Road 19. The van's driver, Andenescia Walters, had ...
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