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Feb

Florida highway pile up on I-75 kills 11, injures 21

February 3, 2012

Identifying the dead and injured from Sunday morning’s multiple-vehicle accidents on Florida’s I-75 has taken several days.

Two local college students were killed in the Interstate 75 accidents. A 27-year-old woman, who was a graduate of the University of Florida and Sante Fe College (SFC), and was taking a dance class at SFC, and her boyfriend, a 26-year-old student, who listed his hometown as Richmond, Virginia, and was attending college in Gainesville.

Also killed was a 22-year-old man from Williston, who had just buried his infant son on Friday. He was returning from bowling with his brother before the accident occurred.

Five members of a Kennesaw, Georgia, church died in the crashes. These parishioners were among a contingent from a largely Brazilian congregation, who were returning home to Marietta from a conference in Orlando. A 43-year-old pastor and his 39-year-old wife, and their 17-year-old daughter were killed, along with the pastor’s 38-year-old brother, and his 41-year-old girlfriend.

Also killed were a man and his wife and daughter, who were traveling to a funeral in Sarasota.

A total of 21 patients were taken to hospitals, and seven people are still in the hospital as of today.

The Florida Highway Patrol is still investigating the accidents.

The Florida auto accident lawyers at Steinger, Iscoe & Greene send our condolences to the families who lost loved ones in these horrible accidents.

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Feb

Death toll rises in Gainesville accidents

February 1, 2012

The death toll rose to 11 on Tuesday from Sunday’s fiery chain collisions, reports The Gainesville Sun. In addition to the 10 already reported dead, an additional victim has been located in the wreckage.

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reported Tuesday evening that the Medical Examiner’s Office determined that another victim was in a Dodge pickup that was incinerated in the southbound lanes. The person’s identity is unknown.

Crashes in the southbound lanes involved six vehicles, including two semis, according to the FHP. One semi came to a stop in the right lane and another semi in the middle lane. A car then hit the back of the semi in the right lane, and an SUV hit the back of the car.

Then the Dodge truck hit the back of the semi in the middle lane, and a car hit the back of the Dodge. A post-crash fire destroyed all the vehicles except the semi cabs, which had been unhooked from the trailers.

Northbound crashes involved 10 vehicles, including two semis.

Alachua County Fire Rescue triaged the injured and then transported them to hospitals–if needed–based on their condition. Crews had to use electric cutting tools to be able to get some of the injured out of their cars.

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Jan

1 dies on I-95 in fiery wreck, which causes major damage to interstate

January 2, 2012

The driver of a log truck lost control and the vehicle overturned, dumping its load across the highway on Thursday at 3:30 a.m. in Port Orange, according to the News-Journal.

This accident sparked a chain reaction collision involving a U.S. Mail tractor-trailer, a passenger car, and a dual trailer semi carrying canisters of methyl bromide.

The chemical-laden truck slammed into the back of the overturned log truck and burst into flames. The pesticide was released in a toxic cloud that caused hazardous materials officials to issue a warning for nearby residents to stay inside their homes.

The driver of the chemical truck, a 68-year-old Neptune Beach man, died at the scene. The five other occupants of the other vehicles were all taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with minor injuries.

This deadly four-vehicle accident closed the damaged highway for about 21 hours. It destroyed a 100-foot stretch of the road’s asphalt, which costs about $92,000 to repair, according to Florida Department of Transportation spokeswoman April Heller.

“There was no damage to the mail,” U.S. Postal Service spokesman Earl C. Artis said. Another semi cab picked up the sealed postal trailer and continued on its way.

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Dec

Two teens killed in vehicle crash Christmas night

December 28, 2011

Two Myakka City 18-year-olds were traveling in a Ford F250 truck west on state Road 64 around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday when a car coming south on Rye Road failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with their vehicle, according to the Herald Tribune.

The driver of the Ford truck died from injuries at Manatee Memorial Hospital that night. His 18-year-old passenger was taken to Blake Medical Center, where he died Tuesday afternoon.

The impact threw both teenagers from the truck. Neither was a wearing seatbelt, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

“They were friends for years,” said the 18-year-old driver’s aunt. “They did everything good together, they did everything bad together, and now they died together.”

Another passenger in the Ford truck, a 24-year-old cousin to the driver, sustained minor injuries.

The 18-year-old driver of the truck had taken a special trip from Myakka City to Palmetto to deliver two forgotten Christmas presents to his brother’s family.

His 3-year-old nephew was ecstatic over the unexpected visit from his uncle.

The other vehicle involved in the wreck was a 2010 Nissan driven by a 73-year-old Lakewood resident. He had minor injuries. His 73-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

Alcohol was not a factor in the wreck, reported FHP.

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Florida motorcyclist killed in Sunday crash

November 18, 2011

According to the News-Press, a 37-year-old Sunrise, Florida, man was killed on Sunday. Just after 4 p.m., he drove his motorcycle into the back of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck on State Road 82 in Lehigh Acres.

The biker was heading westbound on State Road 82 near Rod and Gun Club Road. He tried to pass the truck and clipped the back of the pickup, which was driven by a 75-year-old Lehigh man, reports the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

He was thrown from his bike, over the truck, and into the path of the swerving truck. In the meantime, the bike was hit by an eastbound Nissan Maxima, driven by an 85-year-old man. The biker was struck by both the pickup truck and the other vehicle.

The only other injuries reported were non-life-threatening. A woman passenger in the Nissan suffered minor injuries.

The biker was wearing his helmet, the FHP said in its report. Charges are pending on completion of the investigation.

The accident closed the road for about four hours on Sunday.

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