There have been 65 Florida traffic tickets issued in Manatee County since the state-wide “Click It Or Ticket” program began. Police in the area believe in the campaign and if the people of Manatee didn’t all they need to do is look at two car accidents that last two days according to officials. Both cars accidents were single-car crashes, both drivers were ejected from their cars and both died. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
A Traffic citation in Florida for a seat belt violation carries a $116 fine and in recent years the Florida legislature has increased law enforcement’s authority to ticket seat belt violators. Seat belt violations are now a primary offense meaning you can be pulled over for that violation alone. In the past a driver had to be committing another infraction like speeding or reckless driving and then that person could be ticketed if they were not wearing a seat belt.

A 20-year-old Port St. Lucie woman has been charged with careless driving after she crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol car parked in the median of I-95. Samone Meriweather apparently did not notice traffic slowed ahead of her and she swerved into the median to avoid a rear-end collision. She avoided one accident but got into another as she crashed into the FHP cruiser.
Meriweather had two children in the car with her at the time of the accident. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune none of the four people involved in the car accident were hurt seriously. The car accident did back-up traffic on I-95 outside of Jupiter for several miles in each direction.

The 51-year-old driver of a box truck has been charged with careless driving and driving a commercial vehicle without the correct license after he crashed into a Manatee County school bus. One student was taken to the hospital as was the driver of the box truck who caused the traffic accident, John E. Morgan. The accident took place as the school bus was on its way to Haile Middle School.
According to the story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune website, the bus was stopped picking up a girl when the truck rammed into the rear of the bus. The 12-year-old boarding the bus was struck by the door as the bus was pushed 45 feet forward due to the impact. Morgan claimed his brakes failed but the Florida Highway Patrol determined the brakes were fine following an investigation.

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A driver who allegedly blew threw a red light while speeding at 60 M.P.H. at a Ybor City intersection caused a four car accident that sent at least two people to Tampa hospitals. According to witness statements printed online at TampaBay.com a woman driving a Chevy Colorado pick-up truck ran a red light driving upwards of 60 M.P.H. and had to be cut free from the truck and was taken to Tampa General Hospital.
Witnesses say the woman struck a Ford F-250 after she ran the red light. That pick-up then flipped and crashed into a Chevy Impala while the Colorado struck a GMC Jimmy which was forced into the side of a building. The driver of the Ford truck was able to crawl away from his vehicle following the collision but was taken to the hospital. Charges have not been filed on the woman driving the truck at the time the article was printed.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa or anywhere in Hillsborough County and are in need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Traffic Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTicket.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

A 36-year-old woman with an unrestrained six-year-old child on her lap jumped a curb at the blue arrival area of Tampa International Airport. She crashed her 1994 Ford Ranger into a 1,500 gallon salt water tank that was worth upwards of $100,000. While no one in the terminal was hurt according to the Sarasota Herald Tribune’s website all 30 to 40 saltwater fish are expected to die.
Yamile Campuzano-Martinez has been cited for failure to use a child restraint device, careless driving and failure to provide a driver’s license. The child riding on her lap suffered what is described as a minor head injury in the car crash and there were no reported injuries to a second child riding in the pick-up truck.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa or anywhere in Hillsborough County and are in need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Traffic Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTicket.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

A seven-year-old boy is in critical condition at Bayfront Medical Center following a car accident on Cleveland Street at Belcher Road. According to the St. Petersburg Times website, Alan Asmitia was thrown from an SUV that ran a red light and collided with a truck and then a car. The boy was ejected from the cargo area of the SUV and hit a light pole.
According to Clearwater police, Asmitia was not wearing a seat belt nor was he in a restraint seat. He was airlifted to the hospital with critical injuries. An investigation is ongoing but according to the story alcohol does not seem to be a factor in the accident and no citations have been issued at this point.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in St. Petersburg, Clearwater or Pinellas County and you are in need of qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Ticket Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTickets.com. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140 Ave. North #203.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office, 11 children were taken to the hospital for minor injuries suffered in a school bus crash Wednesday morning. TampaBay.com is reporting the bus was driven by Olga Gurerro who has been cited for violation of right of way in the traffic accident. The bus was carrying 39 students to Beth Shields Middle School in Ruskin.
The collision took place at an intersection and involved a Terminix truck driven by Douglas Hayes. Neither driver was injured and most of the children suffered “bumps and bruises” according to the article. Gurerro has a clean driving record but will now be tested for drugs and alcohol, which is standars procedure following a school bus accident.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa or anywhere in Hillsborough County and are in need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTickets.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

A traffic accident has led to the death of a Bradenton man while on the job early Friday morning. According to Sheriff’s deputies and an article on TampaBay.com 34-year-old Frederick Solomon was killed at the scene of an accident while in the midst of performing his duties as a sanitation worker in Brandon.
Solomon was behind his work truck when a Plant City man rear-ended the truck with his 1988 Toyota. The driver, 33-year-old Lloyd Cribbs, Jr. of Plant City, caused the truck to pin Solomon between it and another car killing the man. Cribbs was taken to the hospital and no charges have been filed in the death as of yet.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa that left another person injured and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

Ambulance driver Justin McKenzie has been charged with careless driving for causing an accident that led to the death of 64-year-old Jerold Hager. The accident took place on Busch Boulevard just after 9:30 p.m. Monday evening. According to an article on TBO.com, McKenzie was trying to maneuver around stopped traffic and hit Hager head on sending the man to the hospital where he somewhat unexpectedly died of his injuries Tuesday morning.
Hager was driving his two grandsons home from Boy Scouts when the traffic accident occurred. Neither of the children suffered serious injuries. The story says that neither vehicle was speeding at the time of the crash and that McKenzie has a clean criminal history outside of a 2000 traffic ticket for speeding.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Hillsborough County Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTickets.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

Timothy Thompkins has turned himself into police at Faulkenburg Road jail following a Tuesday night car accident that he was involved in. According to TampaBay.com Thompkins crashed into a marked police cruiser on Gibsonton Drive near I-75 and then left the scene.
Deputy Brian Craig was injured in the traffic accident and was taken to University Commons Hospital with minor injuries. The accident took place at 9:00 p.m. when Thompkins’ Grand Am was headed northbound towards the highway. The 19-year-old is facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a license.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation in Tampa that led to criminal charges and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.