3 men are being held in Hillsborough County Jail after being arrested for staging a car crash. The three are being held on $7,500 bond. This criminal activity has been more common in South Florida...
Toyota has recalled more than 4 million vehicles due to a defect with the car's accelerator. The defects involve accelerators that are jammed open by floor mats. The dangerous defects have led to...
A new study demonstrating the extreme danger of texting while driving appeared on the front page of the NY Times today. The study involved installing video equipment in the cabs of long haul...
The local Tampa Bay community is mourning the loss of dearly beloved Hispanic activist Maria Carillo. Carillo had been a member of Tampa mayor Pam Iorio's Hispanic Leadership Council.
Tragically,...
Fellow IB colleague Steve Lombardi wrote a great piece today about the importance of gathering and securing evidence from an accident scene in a timely and efficient manner. He correctly points out...
Christian Gonzalez, a 10-year old 4th grader from Valrico Elementary School, was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle driven by 65 year old Carlos Garcia. It is still not known whether the...
A woman walking in Spring Hill was killed by a car on Monday night. The pedestrian accident happened on U.S. 41. She was walking with another person when she was hit.
The pedestrians
both of...
Last year 204 people were injured on the streets of Tampa, either walking or on bicycles. Ten people were killed in pedestrian accidents and 3 were killed riding on bikes. They were all hit by cars...
Florida's First District Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated the ban on Allstate writing new insurance policies in Florida. The original controversy surrounded...
A man in a wheelchair was killed by a hit and run driver in Tampa on Sunday. The pedestrian accident happened at Main Street and Rome Avenue. He was hit by an unidentified pickup truck. The victim was hit by a brown Ford pickup truck that ran a red light, and they say the driver was trying to avoid another car when they hit the wheelchair. After the crash, they say the driver never...