The driver of a pickup failed to negotiate a curve, over corrected and flipped a number of times. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Alcohol tests are pending.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015One person is killed after a car accident on CR 534 and SW Jefferson Lane. The victim was driving a 2000 Ford Contour, traveling west on County Road 534 Saturday morning. According to the FHP report, the car veered off the road into the shoulder of the road, then overcorrected the car. Causing the car to spin out and smash into multiple mailboxes and fences before it overturned. The driver, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead on the scene of the accident.
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Saturday, January 3, 2015At about 4:00pm, a pickup truck driven by McLeskey with Bruno as a passenger was eastbound on Old Dixie Highway when McLeskey overcorrected into the oncoming lane to avoid exiting the roadway. Meanwhile, a westbound SUV driven by Foust swerved into the eastbound lane to avoid hitting McLeskey, but he had already re-entered the eastbound lane and the two vehicles collided head-on. Foust was pronounced dead at the scene, while a teenage passenger in her vehicle was taken to the hospital and released, and another passenger was taken to a medical facility in critical condition.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLAt 12:40 a.m. Thursday, Wesley Filson of St. Petersburg was entering the southbound lanes of I-275 from Roosevelt Boulevard when he failed to negotiate a right curve and drove onto a grass median, then overcorrected his 2008 Harley Davidson back onto the road and east shoulder, where the Harley overturned and he was thrown from the motorcycle. Filson was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene, according to troopers.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLAfter accidentally departing the roadway, Bond overcorrected, which caused her car to spin and strike a utility pole. Bond was declared dead at the scene.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLKattell was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital, but died on Monday, two days after the crash. Troopers say that excessive speed contributed to the severity of the crash.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014Troopers say a truck was driving North when it went around a tight turn and ran off the road. "He overcorrected back, on to the roadway and then overcorrected again and he went off the road right there, he hit that tree," said Sergeant William Griesbaum with Florida Highway Patrol.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014A teen is in critical condition after a car crashes in Quincy on County Road 270 just east of Interstate 10 when driver Nicole Aimee Bartell veered off the road, over corrected, and collided with a tree. Bartell has serious injuries, and the 13 year old is in critical condition.