Recent Blog Posts
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The Florida Highway Patrol recently tweeted a reminder to Floridians to move over for emergency vehicles after serious injuries to a trooper in an accident near Jacksonville. According to the tweet, a trooper was seriously injured while out assisting traffic during a construction lane closure on I-95. He was sitting inside his patrol vehicle when… Read More »
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Ongoing investigations recently provided more insight into a fatal accident in Longboat Key in December 19, one that claimed the life of Sarasota philanthropist Charles Barancik. According to a police investigation, a Longboat Key officer was driving at 84 miles per hour, nearly twice the legal speed limit, when he collided with the vehicle carrying… Read More »
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Nearly a year after a hit-and-run accident resulted in brain trauma to a Sarasota teenager, the driver responsible has received his prison sentence—five years on charges of leaving the scene of an accident with severe injuries, and driving without a valid license (both of which are felonies in Florida). Troopers had to search for several… Read More »