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i-95 Fort Lauderdale News Blog - March 08 ...

> Driver arrested after 6 children ejected in I-595 collision ... March 31/08
A man with a suspended driver's license was in jail Sunday after six children were thrown from the bed of his pickup truck and hurt during a crash on Interstate 595, authorities said. Romero Martinez, 34, of Davie, was arrested after the Saturday evening crash on multiple charges of cruelty toward a child, operating a motor vehicle without a valid license, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and other traffic charges... cont...

> Friends to honor woman killed in I-95 crash ... March 26/08
Friends of a woman killed Sunday in a one-car crash in Boca Raton will honor her at services on Thursday. Caitlyn Lockard, 18, was killed when the driver, Michael C. Wilkerson, 21, lost control of his 2006 Toyota on Interstate 95 early Sunday, south of Glades Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Ms. Lockard, who lived in Fort Lauderdale with her mother, was thrown from Wilkerson's 2006 Toyota and died at the scene, troopers said... cont...

> Woman, 18, dies in car wreck on I-95 in Boca Raton ... March 23/08
Troopers are investigating a one-car wreck early Sunday morning on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton that injured a Deerfield Beach man and killed his passenger. Michael C. Wilkerson, 21, of Deerfield Beach, was driving south just after midnight when he veered to the left then back over to the right, driving on the grassy shoulder and overturning his 2006 Toyota south of Glades Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. His passenger, Caitlyn E. Lockard, 18, of Fort Lauderdale, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene... cont...

> Video: Fort Lauderdale Police Ticketing Students Drinking On Beach ... March 21/08
There are plenty of signs on the beach at Fort Lauderdale, but the sign that forbids drinking on the sand is one that those college students in town for spring break may find the most sobering. Fort Lauderdale police are reminding beachgoers that the least popular spring break rule -- no drinking allowed -- is being enforced. Their job is to keep the peace and ticket those who are violating the law. "We have the walking teams, we have officers on ATVs, we have officers on Rhinos... cont...

> Boca man dies in Oakland Park motorcycle crash on I-95 ... March 20/08
A Boca Raton motorcyclist died early Thursday morning after a vehicle collision ejected him into the path of another car. Jerome Raymond Campbell, 28, was heading north on Interstate 95 at about 2:30 a.m. just south of Oakland Park Boulevard, said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. Campbell was speeding in the outside lane when his motorcycle struck a truck from behind, according to authorities. The crash ejected Campbell from his 2004 Yamaha bike into the center lane, where a Ford Mustang driven by Alq Gurley of Pembroke Pines struck him as he was lying on the road..... cont...

> 2 Montrealers die on i-95 Florida ... March 18/08
Two Montreal-area residents were among three people killed early Sunday morning in a crash on northbound Interstate 95 in Delray Beach, Fla., about 45 kilometres north of Fort Lauderdale. The driver of the car, Hampstead resident Boris Rapoport, 54, his mother, Westmount resident Renée Rapoport, and Robert Rutman, of Boca Raton, Fla., were killed on impact when the white Mercedes Benz they were driving slammed head-on into a Pontiac Sedan. Boris Rapoport's wife, Angela Pagliuca, was transported to a hospital and in stable condition yesterday afternoon..... cont...

> Tamarac man shot by FHP trooper on I-95 arrested ... March 14/08
Authorities on Friday said they have arrested the man who was shot by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper during rush hour Thursday afternoon. Jarrett B. Desilva, 20, of Tamarac, faces a charge of fleeing at a high speed while authorities had siren and lights activated, according to officials. Deputies are monitoring Desilva as he recovers at North Broward Medical Center. His bond has been set at $3,500. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is investigating the incident, identified the shooter as Trooper Barry Radanof, 47, a 19-year-veteran. According to the complaint affidavit, Radanof had tried to flag Desilva off the road for driving in Interstate 95's High Occupancy Vehicle lane Thursday afternoon.... cont...

> Two women die from rollover crash on I-95 ... March 12/08
Authorities on Wednesday morning released the identities of the two women killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash, as well as two other injured victims. Maretsa Pabon, 43, of Hollywood, died at the scene on the Interstate 95 exit ramp to Interstate 595. The 18-year-old driver of the SUV, Whitney A. Manley, of Fort Lauderdale, died after she was transported to a hospital, said officials. The 2000 Ford Explorer was traveling north on I-95 at 4:45 a.m. when it crashed at the entrance ramp to I-595, also hitting a portable sign board on the side of the road, said officials.... cont...

> Road Ranger Injured Helping Motorist On I-95 ... March 11/08
A Florida Department of Transportation Road Ranger was injured in a crash Tuesday morning while helping a motorist on Interstate 95. The crash occurred at about 10:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95, just south of Davie Boulevard, involving two cars and a Road Ranger vehicle in the right shoulder. Road Ranger Eduardo Robles is in serious, but stable condition, at Broward General Medical Center. He suffered a broken leg, along with cuts and bruises, according to Guy Francese, project manager for the FDOT Road Rangers.... cont...

> FHP Searches For i-95 Hit-And-Run Driver ... March 4/08
The Florida Highway Patrol continues to search for a driver who cut a woman off, causing her to fatally crash into a signpost. Authorities said 19-year-old Stevie Nicole Painter of Oakland Park was driving to her boyfriend's home in Davie when she crashed into a signpost at about 8:20 p.m. Sunday. Painter was traveling southbound on the Interstate 95 exit ramp to Interstate 595. She was in the left lane when a dark-colored, newer-model Chrysler PT Cruiser or Chevrolet HHR quickly switched from the right lane to the left.... cont...