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Broward Boy Survives Alligator Attack
SOUTH FLORIDA – A 6-year-old Broward boy survived a close encounter with an alligator. He survived largely because his father and other witnesses were able to fight the alligator off the small boy. According to reports, the incident happened Friday afternoon near a boat ramp along the L-40 canal within the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife [...]
Two West Palm Beach Moms Given Prison For Using Their Children In Staged Accidents
WEST PALM BEACH – Two Moms from West Palm Beach have been sentenced to prison for using their children in staged car accidents in order to collect on fraudulent claims from insurance companies. Ana Ovando, 42, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $71,300 in restitution. Janice Velez, 39, also of West [...]
Do Red-Light Cameras Reduce the Number of Accidents at Intersections?
SOUTH FLORIDA – Do the red-light cameras reduce the number of intersection car accidents? The debate has been ongoing since 2006 when the first cities in Florida starting using red-light cameras. Does the installation of these cameras make roads safer by cutting down the number of intersection accidents? According to reports, the answer is, it depends [...]
Motorcycle Accident in Lake Worth Leaves One Hospitalized
LAKE WORTH —A motorcyclist was critically injured on Monday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into a trailer being pulled behind a pick up truck. According to reports, the accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, when 56-year-old David Levin, of Wellington, was riding his 2004 Harley Davidson west on Lake Worth Road at a high rate of speed as he [...]
Three Die in Four Days in West Palm Beach Turnpike Accidents
WEST PALM BEACH – In four days, three people have died in separate car accidents on a Palm Beach County stretch of Florida’s Turnpike. According to reports, shortly after 5 AM on Friday, 45-year-old Victoria Joseph-Lindo of Port St. Lucie died after she tried to avoid one accident and was rear-ended by another vehicle near the Okeechobee Boulevard [...]
Third Person Dies After Bus Accident at Miami International
SOUTH FLORIDA- Gliceria Emerida Garcia, 75, of West Miami-Dade, is the third person to die from the bus accident at Miami International Airport. According to police, Garcia passed away on Monday after she survived for only days with injuries suffered when the bus she was riding slammed into an overpass at Miami International Airport. Garcia was one [...]
Fatal Pompano Beach Car Accident, One Dead, Several Injured
POMPANO BEACH – A Fort Lauderdale man has died and several others were injured, in a tragic multi-car accident in Pompano Beach Saturday morning. The fatal car accident took place around 7:55 a.m. on Saturday at the intersection of Sample Road and Powerline Road. According to reports, the driver Dunold Jean, was headed south on Powerline Road when he reportedly failed [...]
Boca Raton Tri-Rail Train Struck and Killed One Person
BOCA RATON – A Tri-Rail train struck and killed a person around 12:15 p.m. today in Boca Raton. Tri-Rail train P 623 hit a pedestrian south of Camino Real shortly after noon. Tri-Rail service both north and southbound has been disrupted while the incident is under investigation. The train was heading south when the incident [...]
West Palm Beach Man That Died After Eating Roaches – Death Ruled an Accident
WEST PALM BEACH – The 32-year-old West Palm Beach man who died in October after winning a roach-eating contest in Deerfield Beach, choked to death, according to officials. The victim, Edward Archbold, died “as a result of asphyxia due to choking and aspiration of gastric contents,” according to reports from the Medical Examiner. Reports also [...]
