Last weekend, three family members visiting from Georgia were killed and another was critically injured when the driver of a minivan allegedly lost control and ran them down on a sidewalk in Little Havana. The family was reportedly walking to their vehicle following a baseball game at the new Marlins…
Last week, the driver of a pickup truck carrying four Broward County teenagers lost control and rolled into a canal, killing one teen and injuring another. According to witnesses, a four door Toyota Tacoma driven by 18-year-old Vincent Terracciano was traveling westbound on Krome Avenue when the vehicle suddenly veered…
Statistics have shown that texting while driving is a leading cause of car accidents today. In fact, motor vehicle accidents involving negligent drivers who are sending texts while driving down the road are reaching epidemic proportions. In 2010 AT&T launched a campaign “Texting and Driving…IT Can Wait” to raise public…
Polo mogul John Goodman was released from Palm Beach County Jail on Friday pending his appeal of a 16-year prison sentence following his DUI manslaughter conviction earlier this year. At trial, Goodman was accused of driving his Bentley while intoxicated, speeding, failing to stop at a stop sign, and colliding…
Miguel Angel Rocafort was taking an early morning bike ride, when a hit and run driver struck his bicycle sending him to Kendall Regional trauma center. Rocafort was treated for multiple fractures and other injuries. He was sent home from the hospital, and was told he would be able to…
On Thursday, four people were killed in three early morning motor vehicle crashes on Miami-Dade and Broward County highways. A Miami Herald newspaper carrier and her father who was visiting from Nicaragua were killed in Miami-Dade County while on the way to a warehouse to pick up newspapers for delivery.…
Two weeks ago, 13-year-old Caely Camacho was killed by a drunk driver, Sandor Guillen, in Southwest Miami Dade, Florida. Guillen was driving a 2010 Range Rover on a buses only road at 100 miles per hour, when he slammed into the Chrysler Town and Country Minivan that Caely’s father was…
Another life has been taken by a hit and run driver in South Florida. Unfortunately, this time it was an innocent 5-year-old child who was riding her tricycle outside her home at a trailer park in Fort Lauderdale. The wrongful death of this child and many others in South Florida…
Last Friday, a Palm Beach County jury convicted 48-year-old John Goodman of motor vehicular homicide and DUI-manslaughter in connection with a February 11, 2010 car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. The jury, which consisted of five men and two women, deliberated for approximately five and one-half hours and during…
Yet another tragedy to add to the 10 fatalities that occurred this past weekend in car and motor vehicle accidents. Five year old Yanelle Lucero was riding her tricycle when she was struck by a van operated by a19 year Erick Garcia. Garcia, allegedly then fled the scene in his…