Traffic Accidents

Miami-Dade Police Hunt for Driver in Horrific Hit-and-Run Bicycle Death

How often have you seen this headline in Miami? Yet even in Dade, where hit-and-runs are as regular as dubstep floating around South Beach on Ultra weekend, the wreck that killed a cyclist in North Dade yesterday was particularly brutal. After an SUV slammed into the man, the driver stopped twi ... More >>

Karlie Tomica Expected To Be Charged with DUI Manslaughter Today

Karlie Tomica, the self-proclaimed "party princess" that allegedly killed Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti on January 29 in a hit-and-run, is scheduled to appear in court this morning. Tomica is expected to be charged with DUI manslaughter; leaving the scene of an accident involving a dea ... More >>

Terrazza Chef Stefano Riccioletti's Son Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The son of the South Beach chef killed in a hit-and-run has filed a lawsuit against the driver and the bar in which she worked.According to NBC6, Jacopo Riccioletti, the son of Stefano Riccioletti, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against  20 year-old KarlieTomica and ... More >>

Karlie Tomica, Shelborne Hit-and-Run Driver, Was "Really Drunk," According to Witness

Karlie Tomica was booked into jail yesterday after the car she was driving struck and killed a man outside the Shelborne South Beach on Collins Avenue. She might not have been found so quickly if a Good Samaritan hadn't followed her to an apartment building in Mid-Beach. Now, the witness's 911 call ... More >>

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Michele Traverso Pleads Guilty to Rickenbacker Hit-and-Run That Left Bicyclist Dead

Michele Traverso has plead guilty to charges related to a hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker that left bicyclist Aaron Cohen for dead. Traverso could face a maximum of 35 years in prison.

American Beverage Institute To Police: No Sobriety Checkpoints, Please

The American Beverage Institute is calling on police to forgo holiday DUI checkpoints in favor of more effective alternatives.According to ABI's managing director Sarah Longwell, "Sobriety checkpoints have been proven ineffective at stopping drunk drivers." Longwell goes on to say that "roadblocks t ... More >>

Cities With Worst Drivers: Hialeah Fourth, Miami Ninth

Sometimes Miami shows up on city rankings in spots that sort of irk us. Other times our rankings are pleasantly surprising. And occasionally we get ranked in a spot that makes us think, Yeah, that is totally accurate.So, we're not exactly surprised that not one, but two Miami-Dade cities sit in the ... More >>

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Bicyclist Hit on Rickenbacker Causeway in Critical Condition

A cyclist was hit on the Rickenbacker Causeway and remains in the hospital in critical condition. The incident occurred yesterday near the Rusty Pelican restaurant.The Miami Herald reports that a BMW hit the cyclist, but Local 10 has pictures of a dark-green Jeep SUV with a dented windshield that wa ... More >>

Coral Gables Cop Eric Plescow Accused of Strangling Girlfriend

Coral Gables cop Eric Plescow was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend. This is not the first time the 26-year-old police officers has found himself on the wrong side of the law in his relatively short career. He also once caused a three car accident on I-75, but wa ... More >>

In a Telenovela Copyright Lawsuit, There's No Room For Amor

On July 10, a Venezuelan TV station decided to take the daring intrigue of the telenovela and bring it to the less exciting world of copyright litigation.LaTele is suing Telemundo, claiming that, in 2008, the Miami-based station created a telenovela, "El Rostro de Analia," whose plot and characters ... More >>

Florida Teen Gets Three DUIs in a Month but Avoids Jail Because She Didn't Realize Smoking Weed Could Lead to a DUI

Kimberly McCarthy, an 18-year-old Tampa woman, racked up three DUIs in an 18-day span this spring, which seems like a mixture of serious problems, serious stupidity, and serious bad luck (who knows how many times she was driving under the influence and didn't get caught?). But the teen won't be faci ... More >>

School Bus Crashes Into House in Northwest Dade - UPDATED

What are you doing in this house, school bus? School buses don't belong in houses. Go back on the street where you belong, school bus.Oh, it was all that asshole SUV's fault? You really are a jerk, SUV. Thankfully, you didn't cause any serious injuries to humans, SUV. Updated. 

Cyclist Aaron Cohen Dies After Rickenbacker Hit-and-Run; Driver Michele Traverso Arrested

​Aaron Cohen, one of the two bicyclist who were injured in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway on Wednesday morning, has died.Meanwhile, police have arrested the driver Michele Traverso, 25, after he turned himself in early this morning. Traverso was driving with a ... More >>

Do Not Set Up a Mini-Meth Lab in a Moving Car: Sad Lessons from Actual Floridians

​When police found 36-year-old Clifford Ellison dead inside an overturned car in Lakeland, Florida, they at first assumed he had died in the accident. Turns out that wasn't the case. He actually died because the man in his passenger seat set off a mini-explosions while trying to mix meth in the mo ... More >>

Pileup of Nearly 30 Bicyclists on Rickenbacker Causeway Sends Three to Hospital

via WSVN​Close to 30 bicyclists were involved in an accident this morning on the Rickenbacker Causeway that sent three people to the hospital and injured several others. A large peloton was riding across the Key Biscayne bridge at up to  35 mph when some bikes lost control.

Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Stole Miami-Dade Cop Car After Deadly Crash

​A bizarre series of event early this morning lead to Miami-Dade Police fatally shooting a suspect who had stolen a police cruiser. The incident started after the man fled the scene of a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a cab driver.

Miami Beach Firefighter Steven Martonffy Jailed for Crashing City Vehicle While Drunk

​Steven Martonffy, a member of the Miami Beach Fire Department, sits behind bars today after allegedly driving a city vehicle while drunk and then crashing it into a parked car early this morning.

Woman Run Over, Killed by Her Own BMW SUV at Burger King HQ

A woman was run over and killed by her own BMW SUV in a freak accident yesterday afternoon in the parking garage of Burger King's corporate headquarters in Miami. The woman had hit another car and got out to inspect the damage but forgot to put her car in park.

Alonzo Mourning Cited by Police for Leaving Scene of Accident

​It's been a strange week for Miami Heat star-turned-executive Alonzo Mourning. He was involved in an alleged hit-and-run accident, with the other driver filing a lawsuit. He then hosted his annual Zo's Summer Grove charity weekend only to have Dave Chappelle involved in a metaphoric on-stage car ... More >>

Florida Judge Awards Custody of Three-Year-Old Girl to Unrelated Sex Offender

​A judge in Baker County, Florida has awarded custody of Miranda Wilkerson, a three-year-old girl, to a registered sex offender who she is not related to. The girl will be removed from her grandmother's house where she has lived practically all of her life after her mother was killed in a car cras ... More >>

Miami: Third Most Dangerous City for Pedestrians

​Warning: walking in South Florida may be dangerous, as if you already weren't aware. According to a new report by transportation reform group Transportation for America, the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Palm Beach metro area is the third most dangerous city for pedestrians in the entire county, and Flori ... More >>

Fatal Crash Shuts Down US 1

All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her to crash into a ... More >>

Cedric Williams, Suspect in Weekend's Fatal Car Crash, Arrested

​Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd Avenue ... More >>

Cyclist Identified in Coconut Grove Accident

​The cyclist seriously injured in an accident in Coconut Grove yesterday morning has been identified as 20-year-old Michael Lum. Miami Police say Lum was attempting to cross South Dixie Highway at SW 17th Avenue just before 6 a.m. Tuesday when a car struck him. He remains in critical condition at ... More >>

Five Bank Fraudsters Die in Fiery Get Away Car Crash

via CBS4​Other things happened in Miami yesterday besides the arrival of LeBron James. Horrible things like a bizarre car crash that killed five, a fatal shooting in Hialeah, and a plan to bring more red light cameras to Miami Beach.

Miami-Dade Ranked Deadliest Florida County for Cyclists and Pedestrians

​Florida has consistently snagged the dishonorable title as the nation's most dangerous state for cyclists and pedestrians. But on Tuesday, it was Miami-Dade that got the crummy prize. Twelve cyclists died in the county in 2009, seven more than the year before, and the most of any county in the st ... More >>

Three Florida Panthers Killed By Cars in Three Days

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission photo by Dave Onorato​Florida panthers, the state animal of Florida and one of the most endangered mammals living in the United States, even by the largest estimates don't have a population of much more than 100 individuals. This weekend three breading-age big ... More >>

Nick Rogers, Former Dolphins Player, Dies in Car Crash a Month After Being Married

​Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m. M ... More >>

Carlos Bertonatti's Vehicular Homicide Case Postponed Until August

Carlos Bertonatti will have to wait a few more months to face trial on charges of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter after a judge granted his lawyer's motion for a continuance this morning. ​At an 8:30 hearing, Judge David Miller rescheduled Bertonatti's trial to begin on August 2. Polic ... More >>

Toddler Injured in SUV Hit and Run

​You have to be pretty cold-hearted to hit a pedestrian with a vehicle and speed off, but to hit a little girl and not stay at the scene? Wow. Two-year-old Natalie Garcia was walking with her teenage sister on a sidewalk in Southwest Miami-Dade when an SUV jumped the curb and hit her.A witness tra ... More >>

News Roundup: Heat Loses to Magic in Overtime

Jackson Memorial Health System was granted an $80 million bailout from the city commission. [WSVN]A 19-year-old mother of two was shot in front of her children. Police are questioning the children's father and her brother. [Herald]South Florida lost nearly a third of its construction jobs ... More >>

Thousands of Bikers Ride to Remember Christophe Le Canne, Killed in Hit-and-Run

Cyclists flooded the Rickenbacker Causeway this past Sunday for a memorial ride in honor of Christophe Le Canne, the 44-year-old biker killed in a horrific hit-and-run accident last weekend. As you can see in the video -- shot by a Riptide reader -- hundreds rode in the memorial, which be ... More >>

Tyrese Involved in Major Traffic Accident in Downtown Miami, Hits the Spa With Other Driver Afterward

Crash pic via TMZ​It's pretty rare that a major traffic accident in the road-rage-prone streets of Miami ends with both drivers heading to the spa together, but most accidents don't involve singer/actor/model Tyrese Gibson. TMZ has photos of the car wreck, which took place on Biscayne Boulevard in ... More >>

Cops Finally Get Us That Hummer Hit-and-Run Stick Figure Drawing We Requested

Click to enlarge.​How unalienable is a man's right to enjoy a delicious Frosty© without getting flattened by two-and-a-half tons of AmericaMobile©? Apparently, pretty freakin' alienable. This week, Riptide brought you the story of the French professor who claimed he was walking across a Miami We ... More >>

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The teen charged with the stabbing at Coral Gables high has confessed, but he didn't even know his victim's name, and the fight was provoked by a 'bad face.' [CBS4]A bicyclist in South West Dade was killed in a hit and run. [Herald]Tonight, MTV's 'The City' comes to Miami. We've never seen an episod ... More >>

Twelve People Shot at B-day Party in Miami's Overtown, Near Cop Shop

Miami police this morning are reporting twelve people shot in Overtown. Details are really vague, but it seems a group of three wearing black clothes shot into a crowd at a birthgday party. In addition, one person was hit by a car. Police chief John Timoney reported AK-47 casings were found at ... More >>

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