Category Archives: Auto Accidents
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For more than four decades, highway traffic deaths had been steadily declining. But in 2015, those fatalities had their largest year-to-year percentage increase in about 50 years. Early numbers for 2016 are looking even worse. In the first six months of the year, deaths increased by 10.4 percent (up to 17,775) from the same period… Read More »
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A pedestrian has died from injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run accident on State Road 70 in early November. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the victim was a 60-year-old man from Bradenton. Reports indicate the man had walked from the sidewalk on the south side of SR-70 into the center of the eastbound lane… Read More »
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A recent report from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicates the frequency of hit-and-run accidents increased about 7 percent from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, there were more than 92,000 hit-and-run accidents reported in the state. Approximately 25 percent of these crashes involved pedestrians. In Hillsborough County alone, hit-and-run accidents increased… Read More »