Authorities are searching for the driver of a car who fatally struck a pedestrian who was lying on U.S. 301 early today in Wimauma. Anthony James Griffin, 24, of Apollo Beach, was in the northbound lane, just south of Stanford Road, at 1:41 a.m., when a vehicle struck him and continued driving northbound, the Florida […]
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PLANT CITY — A 17-year-old Plant City girl has been charged with driving under the influence-manslaughter in the Feb. 2 death of a man who was delivering The Tampa Tribune. Jennifer Carvajal hit 52-year-old Keith A. Davis’ car on Alexander Street at Interstate 4, Plant City police say. Carvajal was headed north on Alexander, ran […]
TAMPA — Another wrong-way crash on Interstate 275 left three people dead and the interstate’s northbound lanes closed for several hours early Sunday morning.It was the fourth fatal wrong-way crash on I-275 around Tampa since February. The crash happened around 6:10 a.m., when a 2013 Honda heading south in the northbound lanes crashed head-on into […]
The Florida Highway Patrol said alcohol may be a factor in a head-on crash that killed a Summerfield man Sunday morning on U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa. Larry Jame Gray Sillaway, 27, was died when his 2006 Acura TSX collided with a 2000 Ford F-250 pickup driven by Jesus Manuel Ronduelas, troopers said. Investigators said Ronduelas […]
CLEARWATER — Police have arrested a Clearwater woman they say was impaired by alcohol and prescription drugs when she caused a crash Sunday that killed a 24-year-old motorcyclist. Casandra R. Hafford, 47, faces a charge of DUI manslaughter. Just before 9:40 p.m. Sunday, Hafford was driving her 2001 Buick Century south on Missouri Avenue when […]
Authorities are searching for the driver of a car who fatally struck a pedestrian who was lying on U.S. 301 early today in Wimauma. Anthony James Griffin, 24, of Apollo Beach, was in the northbound lane, just south of Stanford Road, at 1:41 a.m., when a vehicle struck him and continued driving northbound, the Florida […]
TAMPA (FOX 13) – Police say a drunk driver caused a fatal accident in downtown Tampa overnight. Timothy Wysocki, 25, faces DUI manslaughter charges after allegedly running a light in his Mercedes-Benz and slamming into a Toyota Corolla at Twiggs Street and Meridian Avenue. A passenger in the Toyota, 64-year-old Bernandine Davis Smith, of Riverview […]
A Clearwater man faces a DUI manslaughter charge after his car was involved in a downtown Tampa crash late Wednesday that killed a woman in another car, police said. Bernadine Davis Smith, 64, of Tampa, was a passenger in a 2007 Toyota Corolla driven by Daniel Galloway, 58, of Tampa, police said. The Corolla was […]
Two Philadelphia bars are named in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the fatal beating of a 23-year-old man in Philadelphia. The family of Kevin Kless contends that his three attackers were served alcohol at Lucy’s Hat Shop and G Lounge when they were visibly drunk and two were underage. Trial testimony during the criminal […]
The Associated Press Published: May 29, 2013 DAYTONA BEACH – A wrongful death lawsuit claims Bethune-Cookman University failed to stop fraternity hazing that led to the death of a marching band member. Marcus Thomas, a sophomore on a marching band scholarship, died in February 2012 when the car in which he was riding crashed into […]