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> Woman Killed On I-95 Minutes After Wreck ... April 14/08
Authorities said a woman was fatally struck by an SUV on Interstate 95 after emerging from a wreck. The Florida Highway Patrol said a Cadillac Escalade hit the woman on I-95 on Sunday morning, after she got out of her wrecked Honda. The woman's car had just crashed into a wall on the roadway... cont...

> Video: Man Hops Wall In I-95 To Use Bathroom, Plummets 65 Feet To Death ... April 13/08
A 30-year man fell to his death on I-95 after jumping over a cement wall. Shawn Montero, of Hallandale, was with friends when they pulled over on the highway late Saturday evening because of an unrelated accident. Witnesses told police Montero said he had to relieve himself, got out of the car and jumped over the wall. He then fell 65 to his death... cont...

> McCarty wants to rein in Club Boca after shooting on I-95 ... April 8/08
Aside from the massive police presence, hour-long line of patrons and, yes, a helicopter circling the area, it's really your typical Wednesday night in this neighborhood just west of Boca Raton. Rossi says his club (Club Boca) is not responsible for what people do once they leave. He said the shootings that happen miles away at I-95 cannot be blamed on Club Boca. McCarty said that county attorneys agreed, and decided that Club Boca could only be held responsible for incidents in the club or in the parking lot... cont...

> 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...