1057 News reported recently that a traffic accident on Friday, November 27, south of Crestview claimed the lives of five individuals.
The incident took place on Friday, November 27 on FL State Road 85 south of Crestview when a sedan carrying five people, for unknown reasons still under investigation, veered off the roadway and through the center median, entering the northbound traffic lanes, where it collided head-on with another vehicle.
Four occupants died, including two from Crestview, 39 and 49 years of age, one from Defuniak Springs, 58 years of age, and a Crossville, TN person 32 years of age. An 8-year-old boy was the sole survivor.
The driver of the other vehicle, 19 years of age and from Crestview, also died. The Florida Highway Patrol has not released any other info on the individuals involved, and the accident remains under investigation.
The Villages News reported recently that a motor vehicle accident involving four vehicles created traffic delays on County Road 466 early Tuesday afternoon.
The vehicles were in the eastbound turn lane of County Road 466 in front of Village Palms around noon on Tuesday, December 1st. Three vehicles were waiting to turn left onto Rolling Acres Road when a fourth vehicle rear-ended the rearmost vehicle, setting off a chain-reaction collision.
WTSP Channel 10 CBS News reported recently that a Pinellas County accident sent three people to the hospital on Thursday, January 7 and shut down all southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 19 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and Innisbrook Drive. According to officials with Palm Harbor Fire Rescue, the road remained closed after...
The Miami Herald reported on a tragic crash along Interstate 95 that claimed the life of a Hollywood McArthur High football player ranked as one of the top football players of his cohort. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident involved a pickup truck with five teenagers riding in it, four in the cabin...
CBS Local Miami reports that the trial of a Mexican soap opera actor accused of manslaughter in a road rage incident is set to begin. 32-year-old Pablo Lyle has had a trial date set for an incident of road rage that killed another motorist. The incident took place on March 31, 2019. Lyle was a...
My Panhandle News reported recently that a fatal crash near the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Linda Lane in DeFuniak Springs on the morning of Thursday, January 7, 2021 shut down traffic in the area as authorities worked to clean up and investigate the incident in the aftermath, According to officials with the Walton...

Posted on Dec 02, 2010 Two people were killed this weekend in a fiery two-vehicle crash in West Kendall, in Miami-Dade County, FL. The accident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Friday, November 19th. According to police, 18-year-old Andy Oquendo was driving a white Scion east on Sunset Drive at SW 148th Avenue when, due...

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