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According to the Palm Beach Post, the southbound lanes of I-95 were closed for three hours Thursday morning, September 8, 2011, after a crash and car fire that left one person dead and a second person hurt.
The incident was initially reported shortly before 6 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Investigators were trying to determine if [...]
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According to a Palm Beach Post article, South Florida recorded 1,555 pedestrian deaths from 2000 to 2009, according to Transportation for America, which promotes alternatives to driving. The region averaged 2.9 deaths for every 100,000 people.
Traffic engineers in South Florida have taken small steps in the past decade to improve safety for people walking. For instance, [...]
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According to the Palm Beach Post, Southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnipke have reopened after a fatal crash closed them for nearly six hours this morning, August 10, 2011.
The accident involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck happened around 1:28 a.m. just north of PGA Boulevard, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
The identity of the person killed [...]
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According to The Palm Beach Post, a popular Miami salsa singer’s elderly father lost control of his sport utility vehicle and plowed it into a west Miami-Dade boutique Tuesday afternoon, instantly killing the pregnant owner, Celeste Gaitan, 33 and a second woman in her 20’s.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue workers rushed the deceased Gaitan to Kendall Regional Hospital in [...]
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According to The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a driver after she apparently lost control of her car and hit two people sitting at a bus stop in Lake Worth this morning.
The two people were driven to Delray Medical Center and JFK Medical Center in Atlantis under trauma alert, according to Palm Beach County [...]
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According to the Palm Beach Post, a 44-year-old Wellington man died Saturday, July 16, 2011, on Military Trail after his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck.
George Gonzalez was reportedly driving the motorcycle quickly; and he may have been in a race with another vehicle or caught up in road rage, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a [...]
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According to the Palm Beach Post, three people, including a Fort Lauderdale police officer, were transported to a hospital on Tuesday morning, July 12, 2011, after their vehicles collided in front of Fort Lauderdale City Hall.
The police officer’s patrol car had front-end damage. A Lincoln Navigator SUV involved in the crash was on its side. The other vehicle involved was [...]
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According to The Palm Beach Post, authorities are investigating the death of an inmate who died Sunday morning while in custody at the Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center in West Palm Beach.
The Juvenile Justice Department’s inspector general and the West Palm Beach Police Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding the young man’s death.
Maritza Perez of [...]
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According to The Palm Beach Post, a motorcyclist was killed and the bike’s passenger was injured Monday night, July 5, 2011, in a crash in Palm Beach Gardens.
The crash happened just after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Northlake Boulevard and Interstate 95.
According to witnesses, the motorcyclist was westbound on Northlake and ran through a red signal, hitting [...]
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According to the Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office announced that a Lake Worth teen involved in a vehicle crash that killed two passengers in February has been arrested on multiple charges.
Luis Angel Betancourt, 18, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of DUI manslaughter and a count each of causing [...]
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