Fatal Palm Beach County Car Accident: When Young Drivers and Tourists Collide
The Broward-Palm Beach New Times ran an article earlier this week describing what can happen when young drivers prone to exceed the speed limit meet slow-driving tourists on Palm Beach County and other South Florida roadways.
A fatal car crash occurred on Military Trail in Jupiter, Florida, in March '08. A Honda driven by a male, age 17 -- who had received several Florida traffic violation citations prior -- collided with the Pontiac of an elderly couple from Michigan, forcing it off the road and into a tree. The wife in the Pontiac was killed and the husband was hospitalized. The youth driver allegedly responsible for the fatal accident goes on trial in Palm Beach County Circuit Court in November for vehicular homicide. Police say the teen driver was going too fast.
Another deadly Florida traffic accident involving speeding and unfortunate tourists occurred in February in Fort Lauderdale, when two British tourists were killed in a car-pedestrian accident by a Florida man driving his friend's Porsche. (See previous blog entry on Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Fort Lauderdale Hit and Run Pedestrian Accident.)
Fatal Florida Car Accidents and Teen Drivers
A study conducted by the AAA revealed that Florida's teen drivers are among the worst, with the third worst crash record in the country. Traffic accidents remain the number-one cause of death for teens, though teen drivers are not at the greatest risk of dying when involved in car accidents -- it's their passengers and other drivers who are more likely to die when they crash. The AAA reported that for every single teen driver killed in an auto accident -- two other people are killed.
A Florida car accident lawyer may be called in to fatal traffic accident cases to help determine liability, if another driver's reckless or impaired driving may be to blame. Educating and monitoring teen drivers remains a challenge for parents, auto-school instructors, and law enforcement officials.
When Fast and Furious Locals Meet Slo-Mo Tourists, Consequences Are Deadly
Broward-Palm Beach New Times Blogs July 20, 2009
Driver in crash that killed arts supporter Wondergem charged with vehicular homicide
The Grand Rapids Press May 05, 2008
Related Web Resources
Street Racing Guide for Police
AAA Report: Teen Crashes - Everyone Is at Risk
