A crash sent a woman to the hospital and left traffic crawling on South Tamiami Trail around 2 p.m. Monday. The Florida Highway Patrol said a Verizon utility vehicle struck a Ford Fusion. The car turned from Baffin Drive to northbound U.S. 41 into the path of the truck, which had the right of way. The Verizon truck hit the […]
Florida Highway Patrol announced a man from Sarasota was seriously injured Saturday night when his Ford Explorer overturned on U.S. 301 The accident took place when Juan Hernandez who was not wearing a seat belt attempted to turn onto U.S. 301 from Tellevast Road when the SUV he was driving spun and overturned rolling into the north lanes. Police also […]
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office reported that a man from Myakka City was killed in a motorcycle crash that took place Thursday afternoon. The man apparently died on the way to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton. The accident occurred when Ernesto Bernal a 35 year old from Myakka City rode his Suzuki GS500E motorcycle north on Betts road past the intersection of […]
The driver of an SUV who fled the scene of an early morning accident is being sought by the Florida Highway Patrol. The report stated that at 6:25 a.m. a Nissan Pathfinder was traveling north on 9th Street East when at the 26th Avenue East intersection a Ford Explorer turned directly into the path of the Nissan. The driver of […]
Florida Highway Patrol reported a woman was seriously injured after falling asleep at the wheel causing a car crash early Saturday morning. The accident occurred when the driver of a Honda Civic heading west on state road 70 feel asleep just before 5a.m. After the driver, Ashly Stuart a 22 year old from Bradenton was unconscious the car drifted into the […]
An early morning car accident on Fruitville at I-75 blocked traffic in the westbound lanes. Florida Highway Patrol reported the crash took place at 7 Monday morning and that one person was injured in the accident. FHP has yet to release full details of the accident including the number of injured and names of those involved.
A multicar accident in Venice resulted in three people being taken to area hospitals with injuries. According to authorities, the accident happened about 2p.m. Friday afternoon on Tamiami Trail and Englewood Road. Sarasota County Fire Department stated that at least on person had to be extracted from a damaged vehicle. The accident apparently blocked all three northbound lanes as well […]
A woman riding a bicycle in Venice Oak Road collided with a towed 20-foot metal trailer at East Shade Avenue. The accident happened shortly after 1:00 in the afternoon, when both the bicyclist and the driver of the vehicle pulling the trailer where heading east on Glen Oak. The force of the impact through the woman head first into the asphalt causing […]
Florida Highway Patrol Announced that Sally Dudley, a 74-year old from Palmetto woman was killed in a traffic accident. The fatal crash took place when the 74 year old was attempting to cross U.S. 41 at 23rd Street East on her motorized scooter. While in the intersection Dudley was struck by a Mercury Marquis. Apparently the driver of the car, […]
Florida Highway Patrol reported two motorcyclists were injured attempting to avoid a collision with a pickup truck in Manatee County. The accident happened when the motorcyclists, Eddie Cruz a seventeen year old from Parrish and Wilfredo Feliciano a thirty three year old also from Parrish were riding a Honda motorcycle heading east on 301,near Old Tampa Road when a silver […]
