Category Archives: pedestrian accident
Fatal Pedestrian Accident on Interstate 95 in Martin County
A Loxahatchee man is dead after a woman driving a Volkswagen struck him as he ran from east to west across the southbound lanes of I-95. The wreck occurred near Palm City shortly after 5 a.m. According to police, the woman hit the man in the southbound entrance lane to the freeway. The force of… Read More »
Charges Filed In Earlier Hit-And-Run Bicycle Crash
A Jensen Beach man faces multiple charges in connection with a fatal accident which involved a bicyclist and a failure to stop and render aid. According to court documents, the man was northbound on Northwest Green River Parkway in a 2007 Pontiac when he fatally struck a bicyclist on the shoulder. The man immediately… Read More »
Hit-And-Run Crash Kills Vero Beach Jogger
An early morning run turned fatal after a driver struck a 30-year-old female on the shoulder and failed to stop. The accident occurred near the corner of 12th Street and 58th Avenue. A woman was running on the shoulder of westbound 12th Street when a 2007 Jeep Wrangler struck her, killing her almost instantly…. Read More »
Multiple Vehicle Crash Kills Port St. Lucie Pedestrian
A 62-year-old man died after two vehicles hit him as he tried to cross the street. According to police and witnesses, the accident occurred in the 200 block of Port St. Lucie Boulevard. The victim was crossing the street from north to south. He apparently crossed the eastbound lanes without incident. As he continued… Read More »
Deadly Pedestrian Accident In Stuart
A recent pedestrian-vehicle accident which left a man dead highlights two of the most common issues in these cases. The wreck occurred on U.S. 1 near the Roosevelt Bridge. According to police and witnesses, a blue Dodge Avenger was southbound on U.S. 1. It may have been traveling a little above the posted 45mph… Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian-Auto Collision In Port St. Lucie County
A 61-year-old man died in a car crash as he tried to push his bicycle across U.S. 1 near East Prima Vista Boulevard. Witnesses said that the Port St. Lucie man was not in a marked crosswalk when two vehicles approached. One of them, a Kia Sorrento in the center northbound lane, struck the… Read More »
Pedestrian Critically Injured On Interstate 95
A Palm Beach Gardens man clings to life at an area hospital after a high-speed pedestrian-vehicle collision. Florida Highway Patrol officials state that the incident occurred near mile marker 94, which is immediately north of the Palm Beach County border. A 36-year-old man, who was driving a Nissan Maxima, rear-ended a man driving a… Read More »
Parking Lot Collision Kills Pedestrian
A chain-reaction crash in a supermarket parking lot killed a Lake Worth woman as she apparently loaded groceries into her vehicle’s trunk. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the wreck happened at a store on South Military Trail in Greenacres. For unknown reasons, a woman backed out of a parking space at… Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian Accident In Cocoa Beach
Investigators do not plan to file charges against a tortfeasor (negligent driver) who struck and killed a pedestrian on State Road A1A. According to police and witnesses, 67-year-old David Spivey, of Port St. Lucie, was northbound on State Road A1A when he hit 58-year-old Gulam Esoof, of Cocoa Beach, as he tried to cross… Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian Accident On Florida Freeway
A driver on Interstate 95 struck and killed a pedestrian described as a man in his 70s. According to the St. Lucie County Fire District, authorities responded to the scene about a mile south of Gatlin Boulevard to discover that a motorist had hit a man walking in the roadway while wearing a hospital… Read More »
