Boy Killed in Dania Beach Hit-and-Run

On December 8 two brothers were hit by a gray Toyota Tacoma as they were walking home on Bryan Road from a school basketball game in Dania Beach. The accident happened a few blocks away from their house, with the driver of the vehicle failing to stop to help. The younger of the two brothers,…

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and thousands of law enforcement and highway safety agencies throughout Florida are participating in the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign that kicked off August 17 and runs through the Labor Day weekend. The last weeks of summer can be a particularly dangerous time on America’s roadways. Over…

The days of underage drinkers waiting outside in dimly lit liquor store parking lots and asking complete strangers to buy them alcohol is so 20th Century. Apart from our facetious tone, according to two recently released studies, not only are alcohol companies targeting underage drinkers online, but it is increasingly easy for young people to…

A woman who crashed her car into a Fort Lauderdale pool cabana last March, killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child, has been charged with two counts of DUI manslaughter. As reported in a previous blog, the 34-year-old driver smashed into the poolside cabana at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale after losing control…

Imagine a scenario in which your high school-aged son has been involved in a horrendous fatal DUI accident in Florida. Think about the pain you would feel. Now, imagine that your son is not the victim, but the person responsible for the accident. That’s what one man from Ridge Manor had to live through when…

It’s been said that everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day — but, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants to make motorists aware that the luck of the Irish may run out for them if they decide get behind the wheel after a St. Patty’s Day bash. To drive the point home to…