Complete Sarasota, FL accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Sarasota result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Sarasota crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a Sarasota accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Here are resources to help accident victims and their families after a Sarasota wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Sarasota Police Department;

Sarasota Fire & Rescue Department;

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office;

Sarasota major hospitals include Sarasota Memorial Hospital and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center;

Sarasota County Superior Court;

Sarasota real-time traffic report;

Florida State Insurance Commissioner site.

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Sarasota accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal crash occurs, a Sarasota personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. Go here to learn more about how a Sarasota accident lawyer helps injured victims.

 

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Mon, 05/26/2014 Car Accident James Elias, 51, killed and several injured when wrong-way driver hits taxi on Main Street in Sarasota, Florida
Thu, 08/10/2017 Car Accident Tabitha Nicole Peters, 36, killed and Rex Wrey Peters, 39, Taylor M. Peters, 14, and James Allen Lawton, 52, injured in head-on car collision on McIntosh Road in Sarasota, Florida
Fri, 04/18/2014 Car Accident Eleanor Ball, 62, killed, after a car, driven by Jakeilah Weeks, 24, crashes into the Sarasota home of the deceased, trapping her against a wall.
Fri, 09/01/2017 Car Accident Child injured and driver arrested in collision on Clark Road at Lockwood Ridge Road in Sarasota County, Florida
Thu, 03/20/2014 Car Accident Nicholas P. Marsicano, 59, killed after a medical emergency causes him to drift into the I-75 median near Sarasota, Florida
Fri, 09/08/2017 Car Accident Eddie Perez-Perez, 28, killed and one person injured in head-on collision on U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Florida
Thu, 03/15/2018 Car Accident Norma Hoffman, 79, killed, Irwin Hoffman, 83, and Demario Evans, 35, injured, and driver Rachel Veronica Hauser, 28, charged in hit-and-run collision on U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Florida
Wed, 12/18/2019 Car Accident Charles Barancik, 91, and Margery Barancik, 83, killed in collision with police vehicle on Gulf of Mexico Drive in Sarasota, Florida
Sun, 03/22/2015 Car Accident Herbert M. James, 25, killed after being struck by driver on South 40th Street in Sarasota, Florida
Sat, 08/29/2015 Car Accident Michael Stephen Thorne, 63, killed and Trooper Joseph Angelicchi, 26, injured in car crash on I-75 in Sarasota, Florida
Sun, 01/21/2024 Car Accident 38-year-old driver ejected and killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 75 in Sarasota, Florida
Mon, 03/21/2016 Car Accident Wesley C. McCurley, Michael P. Duffy, and Dane W. Custer, all 21, killed, and Thomas Bentley, 21, injured in single-vehicle crash on University Parkway in Sarasota, Florida
Tue, 03/22/2016 Car Accident Randy Hensen killed and four injured in car collision on Fruitville Road in Sarasota, Florida
Fri, 10/07/2022 Car Accident One killed, five others injured after a car crashed into a house on Courtland Street in Sarasota, Florida
Sat, 04/30/2016 Car Accident Two-year-old child injured in crash at I-75 and Fruitville Road in Sarasota, Florida