A Florida man who was accused of crashing into a motorcyclist before plowing into a Good Samaritan in a deadly crash was sentenced Wednesday, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. The 41-year-old driver was charged with two counts of driving under the influence manslaughter, vehicular homicide and leaving the…
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Golf Cart Driver in Tampa Killed After Driver Takes Red Light, FHP says. How Leesfield & Partners has Represented Victims and Families for 48 Years.
A 71-year-old golf cart driver died following a crash at a senior living community in which another driver took the red light, according to officials with the Florida Highway Patrol. The woman died from her injuries around 8 a.m. Wednesday near Sun City Center, a 55+ community with chains in…
Bus Driver Involved in Fatal Miami Gardens Shooting. What to Know About Violence on Public Transit.
A bus driver accused in the shooting deaths of two passengers following an argument should never have had a gun on board the day of the incident, officials say. “Transit operators are not allowed to be armed,” Juan Mendieta, a spokesperson for Miami-Dade’s Department of Transportation and Public Works, told…
Children Hospitalized on U.S. 1 Near Multi-Day Miami- Dade Wildfire
Four people, including three minors, were hospitalized Friday following a crash near multi-day wildfires that raged on U.S. 1 in Miami-Dade. The crash happened around 1 p.m. near Mile Marker 121 on U.S. 1, involving multiple vehicles. Three children and one adult were taken to local hospitals and one child…
Body Found at Palmetto Bay Construction Site. Police Investigating.
Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office are investigating after the body of a man was found at a bridge construction site Tuesday in Palmetto Bay. Officials were called out to the scene, the construction site for the Southwest 87th Avenue bridge over the Cutler Drain Canal, around 6:30 a.m. The…
Elderly Rhode Island Man Accused of Sexually Abusing Minor at Florida Resort.
A 72-year-old from Rhode Island has been accused of sexually abusing a child in a lazy river at an Orlando, Florida, resort, according to reporting from the Miami Herald. William Francis Chatel faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12 years of age. The first incident…
Miami ‘BusPatrol’ Citations Cause Controversy Following Thousands of Citations. What to Know.
A program meant to enforce school bus laws was met with outrage from thousands of drivers who were issued citations and prompted a response from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. As of Friday, March 7, the program was suspended for citations given to those who passed school buses on roads with…
Field Near Miramar Elementary School Inadvertently Becomes Landing Strip for Small Plane. What to Know.
A small plane crash-landed in an emergency at a field near an elementary school in Miramar Wednesday, according to WSVN in Miami. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. near Coconut Palm Elementary School. Two people were on board but were not injured. While the plane did sustain some damage,…
Elementary School Substitute Sicks Mob of Children on Classmate in Florida, Now She Faces Criminal Charges.
A substitute teacher is accused of asking multiple students in her elementary school’s classroom to hit another child, then allowing the beating to take place. Geanene Che’rrie White, 57, was charged March 1 with one count of child abuse and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.…
Medical Examiner Concludes Detroit Children Found Dead in Frigid Van Died of Carbon Monoxide.
A Detroit medical examiner concluded that two unhoused children found dead in their family’s van died from carbon monoxide and not the cold, as authorities initially believed. The official cause of death for the children, 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr. and 2-year-old A’millah Currie, was certified Wednesday. On Feb. 10, the…