Port St. Lucie police officers on patrol announced they arrested two people who had been drinking and were tested over the legal limit. On Crosstown Parkway, they stopped the driver of a black Infinity for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone. The officers reported when they approached the car, the...
Cars have become an essential part of human life it provides us with the freedom we need to get from point A to point B. However, let us not forget that cars are dangerous machines that can cause serious harm when not used correctly. According to the World Health Organization...
During rush hour one recent Friday morning, there was a two-car accident on Oslo Road intersection where sadly an 84-year-old Vero Beach woman died and a 34-year-old Vero Beach woman was taken to the hospital. The two-vehicle crash at 27th Avenue Southwest and Oslo Road led to an hours-long closure of...
Near West Palm Beach, a distracted Lyft driver with two passengers in his car struck and killed a utility worker earlier this week due to distracted driving practices. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office crash report, a 55-year-old Lake Worth Beach man was driving a 2020 Chevy Malibu in...
A 59-year-old Boca Raton man is facing a DUI manslaughter charge after a car accident along Yamato Road that killed a motorcyclist. Separate blood draws show that on the night of the accident Eric Brown died, showed Miguel Oduardo had blood-alcohol levels of 0.206 and 0.140, both above Florida's legal threshold...
A 27-year-old man was jailed earlier this month following a crash where his passenger was ejected and seriously injured, reported police. The passenger was taken to a nearby Intensive Care Unit at a Trauma Center. It is still unclear if the passenger was released from the hospital. Police said that...
A vehicle traveling the wrong way on Northwest Selvitz Road struck an oncoming vehicle that was being driven by a 71-year-old man, reported a police spokesperson in a recent interview regarding the car crash. The man succumbed by his injuries a couple of days following the crash at HCA Florida Lawnwood...
Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving. There are four types of distracted driving: Visual – looking at something other than the road ( cellphones, other devices, etc) Auditory – hearing something not related to driving Manual – manipulating something other than the steering wheel Cognitive –...
If you are texting while driving, Florida’s Wireless Communications While Driving Law authorizes law enforcement officers to stop you and issue you a citation. The law, covered in Florida Statute § 316.305, took effect July 1, 2019. But WHAT IS NEW? Before the new ban, texting while driving...
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