Many Lost Over the Weekend in Series of Fort Myers Car Accidents
This past weekend, a string of car accidents in Fort Myers left five people dead, according to The News-Press. The first accident took the lives of three people when a driver reportedly attempted to doughnut his Ford F250 on an unpaved loading dock off Six L's Farm Road by the Lee and Collier border. The driver flipped his vehicle, killing himself and two other passengers.
Our Fort Myers personal injury lawyers would remind locals that accidents will continue to occur, taking the lives of residents, even long after the tourists have headed back up north and the season draws to an end. It is the responsibility of every driver to practice safe driving habits on our roads through the spring and summer travel season.
A separate incident left a driver dead after being involved in a serious single-car crash on the corner of Fowler and Colonial, according to WINK News. The accident happened shortly after 5 a.m. as he was traveling south on Fowler. The driver neglected to navigate a curve and struck a tree. The man, an independent carrier for The News-Press, was reportedly traveling at least twice the posted speed limit, at 80 mph, when the accident occurred. Police are still investigating the accident.
A third accident took the life of a disabled man. A man in a wheelchair was killed after being struck by a car as he was crossing the street at Hancock Bridge Parkway and Orange Grove Boulevard, according to another report by WINK News. He was thrown nearly 20 feet from the impact of the collision. Officials believe the handicapped man was crossing the street illegally.
It is estimated that roughly 10,111,000 vehicles were involved in car accidents in the United States in 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA). More than 90 percent of the vehicles involved in these accidents were passenger vehicles. There were more than 50,400 vehicles involved in fatal accidents. The NHTSA reports that more than 25,000 passenger-vehicle occupants lost their lives, and another 2.35 million suffered injuries in these traffic accidents in 2008.
Florida alone accounted for more than 1,700 of vehicles involved in fatal crashes. Passenger cars accounted for more than 55 percent of the number of vehicles involved in these fatal accidents, with SUVs and pickups tying for second -- contributed 19 percent to the total number of motor vehicle accidents.
Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, is a law firm committed to representing car accident victims throughout South Florida, including Naples, Fort Myers, Sebring and Cape Coral. Call for a free and confidential appointment at 1-800-283-2900.
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