Florida Highway Patrol reported a Sarasota man died after a motorcycle accident Tuesday. The accident occurred when the motorcyclist crashed into a car at Tuttle Ave. and 17th in Sarasota around 6P.M. FHP elaborated saying the motorcyclist, Peter Murray, 62 of Sarasota, was heading east on 17th street when he was struck by a SUV turning left onto Tuttle trying […]
A tractor-trailer hauling gravel overturned on exit ramp at state road 70 spilling gravel and injuring the truck driver. The accident occurred at about 8:45 a.m. in Bradenton when the truck attempted to exit interstate 75 As the truck negotiated the exit ramp from I-75 onto State Road 70 the truck may have been moving too fast and overtuned. The accident […]
An accident on interstate 75 in Lee County resulted in the driver and two passengers of a Ford F-150 pickup truck pulling a trailer suffering minor injuries. According the Florida Highway Patrol the accident occurred when the driver of the pickup (Donnell T. Ward, 55 of Sarasota) heading south drifted off the highway near mile post 149. Ward attempted to […]
A single vehicle accident at Higel Avenue and Little Pond Lane in Sarasota killed a Sarasota man Wed. around 11 a.m. FHP said the accident happened when the driver of a 2005 Taurus, Raymond Kow of Sarasota was heading west on Little Pond Rd and had an undisclosed medical emergency. The nature of his medical problem caused him to lose […]
A crash on U.S. 301 in Bradenton resulted in four taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. FHP reports the accident occurred while Antoinette Bryant (42 of Sarasota) was driving south on 301 at approximately 8:30 am and did not reduce speed enough for the approaching read light at 53rd Ave. Braynt’s car slammed into the vehicle in front and […]
Tire blowout causes fatal truck accident on I-75 near Ellenton FL. A truck driver form Madeira Beach died at the scene of a truck accident in Ellenton on I-75 the Florida Highway Patrol reports. The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. when the driver of the truck, Scott Hinchliffe, 46, of Madeira Beach, was driving on interstate 75 when a front […]
A single car accident on interstate 75 in Lee County injurs a North Port woman. FHP reported the accident occurred when the driver of a 2001 Acura, (Angelina Osipov, 25), was driving south on State Rd. 78 at quarter after eleven in the Wednesday morning. Osipo apparently lost control of her car and then collided with the guardrail resulting in Osipo being […]
A midnight hit and run accident on San Juan Avenue, west of Casa Bela Drive results in thousands of dollars damage to Lexus in Bradenton. Florida Highway Patrol Reported a small silver car, perhaps a Dodge Neon heading east on San Juan Avenue in the 7600 block crashed into a parked 2009 Lexus along San Juan Ave. The collision also […]
FHP reported a passenger in a vehicle struck by a school bus in Arcadia was injured but the 19 children riding in the school bus were not injured. Occurring at the intersection of Southwest Shore Ave. and Southwest Neversail Street near 2:15 in the afternoon. The school bus, driven by Andrew Garner, 47, of Arcadia, failed to stop at the […]
A two car accident in Venice seriously injurs a 20-year old man from Venice and leaves another with minor injuries. FHP reports the car the seriously injured man was a passenger in was struck while turning left. The accident occurred when the driver of a 1999 Mercury Sable, Nellie J. Emigh, 50, of Venice was in the turn lane at […]
