Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Teaching Kids Parking Lot Safety
In the midst of their innocence, children often don’t grasp the potential danger lurking throughout those concrete blocks we all use to park our cars on or in. And even as parents, it is understandable if when you pull into a parking lot or garage, your first thought isn’t to consider any of its… Read More »
Preventing Single-Vehicle Accidents
Most of us think of other drivers when thinking of the biggest threats on the road that could cause us to become involved in a collision. However, in reality statistics indicate that more than half of accidents only have one vehicle involved. In addition, these single-vehicle accidents can lead to some of the most… Read More »
Loose Objects and Cars Are Not a Tight Fit
It goes without saying that being hit by a car while operating a vehicle of your own can be a traumatic experience. But some accidents cause heart-pounding reactions and leave you so shocked that you can’t believe you have just experienced what you did. As one example of this, the South Florida Sun Sentinel… Read More »
How Pedestrians Can Avoid Impaired Drivers
According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, a four-month investigation into a bicyclist’s death has revealed that the motorist who hit him was impaired by both drugs and alcohol at the time of the fatal collision. The 51-year-old impaired driver was apparently driving recklessly and swerving through traffic before striking the 33-year-old victim. The… Read More »
Avoiding Motorcycle Accidents
Local 10 News has reported that Georgia star safety Richard LeCounte was injured in a motorcycle accident shortly after the Bulldogs returned to Athens from their victory at Kentucky. The player’s mother has asserted that her son was struck by two cars while driving his motorcycle on a recent Saturday night. He reportedly had… Read More »
The Right Things to Know About Wrongful Death
According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, a judge has determined that a Florida father is not liable in a wrongful death lawsuit for two Tequesta teens’ disappearance at sea. This case pitted two respective sets of parents against each other after their 14-year-old sons vanished during a fishing trip back in July of… Read More »
The Dangers of Speeding
The South Florida Sun Sentinel recently published an article about a driver who is facing criminal charges after a high-speed collision that killed two people. The 20-year-old driver, an Oakland Park resident, was reportedly going at a speed of least 105 mph on a 45 mph street before he struck another car in the… Read More »
How Single-Vehicle Rollover Accidents Happen
In a tragic report published recently by a local news outlet, it was asserted that an 18-year-old girl was seriously injured recently in a single-vehicle rollover crash near Hobe Sound. The teenager was in the car with another 18-year-old girl on a recent Tuesday evening when the collision happened along the southbound lanes of… Read More »
The Criminal and Civil Implications of Leaving the Scene of an Accident
Local 10 News has published a news report indicating that a driver recently left the scene of an accident in Hollywood after causing a crash that involved three cars on Interstate 95 during a recent weekend. Florida Highway patrol has asserted that the accident began when a black Ford Fusion being driven by the… Read More »
Skydiving Accidents and Liability
According to a local news outlet, a Miami skydiver died recently in North Florida when his parachute didn’t deploy correctly during a jump. Officials have asserted that a team of skydivers were practicing for a weekend event that honors the families of fallen police officers when the fatal accident occurred. The 51-year-old who perished… Read More »
