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West Palm Beach, FL – Fatal Car Accident on I-95 Near Okeechobee Blvd

Miami, FL - Rescue Crews Respond to Injury Crash on NW 5th St.

West Palm Beach, FL (January 14, 2021) – Authorities in West Palm Beach were called to the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on Sunday night. At approximately 10:00 p.m. on January 10, the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a fatal crash on I-95.

Reports indicate that the crash took place just south of Okeechobee Boulevard on Interstate 95. The multi-vehicle accident involved at least two vehicles.  The vehicles collided on the interstate at a high rate of speed. 

At least one person was killed in this major accident and others sustained various unknown injuries.  Florida Highway Patrol officers,  EMTs, and other first responders were on scene to render aid and transport the injured victims in this incident to local trauma hospitals. 

The left lane of I-95 was blocked for several hours as authorities conducted their investigation into this fatal crash.  Drivers were asked to avoid the area. No further information has been disclosed to the public at this time.

Our thoughts are with everyone who was affected by this tragic accident. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased victim. 

Auto Accidents in Florida

Car accidents cause hundreds of thousands of injuries in the Sunshine State each year. It is estimated that approximately 400,000 accidents take place across Florida every single year.  Car accidents throughout Florida occur more often than traffic collisions in any other state. These accidents result in over 250,000 injuries and more than 3,000 deaths annually. 

Auto collisions can cause a multitude of different injuries, including broken bones, paraplegia, and spinal cord/brain injuries. If you or a loved one have been injured in an accident caused by another person’s negligence, allow a Florida personal injury attorney to assist you in receiving the compensation you deserve. 

Being injured in a Florida car accident can be a very frightening, draining, and stressful experience. You could be dealing with a multitude of different issues after your involvement in an injurious car crash in Florida. Debilitating pain could result from being injured in an incident of this magnitude, as well as mental stress and anguish depending on the circumstances and severity of the wreck. 

Losing a loved one due to the negligence of another person on the road entitles you to the option to collect financial compensation for the losses that may have resulted from the incident. A wrongful death attorney in Florida will be able to help you better understand your existing legal rights as well as exercise them in order to collect full and fair compensation in order to cover things like medical bills, mental health bills, funeral costs, and more. 

Contact a Florida personal injury attorney today in order to get started on your own personal injury claim if you are under the impression that your injuries were the result of another person’s carelessness while on the road. The skilled and experienced Florida personal injury lawyers at Boone & Davis have been successfully preserving and protecting the rights of those injured in Florida traffic accidents for decades and are passionate about providing our clients with the most significant compensation possible. We want your recovery from your recent traffic accident to be as painless as possible, in more aspects than just the physical. We strive to assist you financially, mentally, and in any other way, you may require after being injured by another person’s negligence. 

Call our law firm today at (813) 544-7096 for more information on how you can successfully move forward from your injuries and losses you may have incurred in a recent traffic collision caused by carelessness. 

Note: Our team of writers for Boone & Davis Law utilizes secondary sources in the creation of these posts. These sources include newspaper reports, news stories, police reports, social media posts, and eyewitness accounts of injury accidents that take place in South Florida. The facts in these posts have not been independently verified by members of our writing staff therefore if you see any information that is not correct or is inaccurate, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can correct the information right away.  If you would prefer that the post be removed from our site, let us know and we will do our best to remove the post as promptly as possible.

Disclaimer: We have worked hard to become valued members of our local business community. Our law firm is providing this post for general information purposes and hope that through awareness, our community members will use the necessary precautions to avoid serious accidents like the one described in this post and prepare them should they find themselves the victim of a serious wreck. We want to honor those who have been victims of accidents in the state of Florida. The information provided in this post should not be misconstrued as medical or legal advice. The pictures depicted in these posts are not representative of the actual accident scene.

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