"Woman cited with careless driving in three-car wreck"

NAVARRE — A Cantonment woman was cited for careless driving after running into the rear of a car, which then struck the vehicle in front of it.
Vera Daniel, 55, was seriously injured in the 10 a.m. wreck Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol media release.
She was heading east on U.S. Highway 98 when she ran into a Hyundai 2007 van waiting at the intersection of Coral Street. The van was propelled forward by the impact and struck a 2001 Volvo driven by a Fort Walton Beach woman.
Daniel's passenger, Iliones Mota, had minor injuries.The occupants of the van, Vincenzo and Loredana Bassolino of Navarre, were not seriously injured. Elaine Bustamante of Fort Walton Beach, who was in the Volvo, was not injured.
Everyone was wearing a seat belt. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.


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"Woman, 27, killed in Interstate 4 crash"

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY --

A 27-year-old woman was killed in an early morning crash on Interstate-4 in Hillsborough County.

The accident happened at 3:28 a.m. near the 10 milepost.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2002 Dodge Ram, driven by 52-year-old Wayde Clayton Davis, of Lutz, going westbound on I-4 hit a 2001 PT Cruiser from behind.

Mai Amer D Alahmadi, 27, a rear passenger in the Cruiser, was transported to Tampa General Hospital, where she later died.

Davis was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. There were no other injuries reported.

FHP said charges are pending and the crash remains under investigation.

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A Jacksonville man was in critical condition after his motorcycle crashed into the back of a sport utility vehicle on U.S. 1 on Thursday afternoon

John William Devero, 60, was traveling north on U.S. 1 near Shore Drive when the SUV in front of him slowed to stop at a traffic light.

He attempted to stop his Harley-Davidson motorcycle but couldn't, according to an FHP report.

Both Devero and the bike crashed into the Nissan, driven by a Donna Paytas, of St. Augustine.

Devero was taken to Shands Jacksonville and was in critical condition, the report stated.

A woman on the back of the bike, Laurie Ann Johnston, 44, of Jacksonville, was taken to Flagler Hospital with minor injuries.

Both were wearing helmets, according to the report.

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A crash involving two motorcycles in Flagler County left an Ohio man hospitalized in serious condition

Kent Bundenthal, 48, was airlifted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach after the 7:30 p.m. wreck Saturday, troopers said. A nursing supervisor said he was in serious but stable condition Sunday afternoon.

The accident occurred at the intersection of State Road 100 and Old Kings Road when Christopher Keohane, 21, Daytona Beach, who was heading west, slowed for a yellow traffic signal. Bundenthal, who was on a motorcycle behind Keohane, didn't see the bike slowing for the light, troopers said.

Bundenthal rear-ended Keohane, causing both bikes to overturn. Keohane suffered only minor injuries. Neither man was wearing a helmet, the FHP said.

Alcohol was not thought to be a factor in the crash.

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An early-morning collision on Interstate 275 killed a Pasco County man and injured three other people in Pinellas County.

Daniel Harrell, 22, of Land O' Lakes, was driving a 1987 Nissan pickup north on I-275, just past Fourth Street when it was hit from behind by a 2004 Mercedes Benz that failed to slow down, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The wreck happened at 3:15 a.m., just before the Howard Frankland Bridge.

The impact caused the pickup to lose control, hit a center barrier wall, then go into a spin and turn on its side. Harrell, the driver, was ejected as the truck flipped, an accident report states.

He was not wearing a seatbelt, the report said.

Passenger James Keene, 22, of Land O' Lakes, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with injuries the FHP described as serious. Another passenger in the truck, Laci Fisher, 21, also of Land O' Lakes, received minor injuries. Both were wearing seatbelts, the report said.

The Mercedes' driver, William Storey, 40, of Kenneth City, received minor injuries, the FHP said.

The accident remains under investigation.

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A man was rushed to the hospital with a head injury Thursday evening after he was involved in a motorcycle accident

Darren W. Warren III, 21, rear-ended a van owned by the Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Department just after 5 p.m. He was not wearing a helmet.

Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Timothy Hulion said traffic was backed up from the signal at State Road 85 to Poquito Road at the time of the accident.

"Basically like every afternoon, traffic backed up from the intersection up there and he wasn’t paying attention," Hulion said of Warren. "Traffic had almost come to a stop."

A doctor was on the scene before paramedics arrived. Warren was alert and talking when he was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.

None of the county employees in the van were injured.

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