Florida Highway Patrol Accident Killed in Auto Accident
The Miami News Times website has posted a report of the death of Florida Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Ambroise. According to the report, officer Ambroise was parked on the side of the road when the car was struck by another car driven by 19-year-old Jonathan Garcia. The collision then sparked a fire inside the officer’s car and he later died at the scene of the accident. Garcia, the driver of the other car, remains in the hospital following the accident. The report does not state what caused the fire in Ambroise’s patrol car.
Rear impact collisions are very similar to frontal impact collisions in that it does not take a high rate of speed to cause varying degrees of injuries to victims. In most cases, rear impact collisions are not as serious as frontal or side impact collisions since both vehicles involved are traveling in the same direction and not in opposite directions – if the two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions, the impact would be far greater than if they were traveling in the same direction. Regardless, it is still possible to suffer serious injuries resulting from rear impact collisions. A majority of injuries occur as a result of the force pushing the victim forward, causing varying degrees of injury to the head, neck or back. As this case demonstrates, even fatality can occur from rear-impact collisions, especially if the driver of the other vehicle is moving at a high rate of speed.
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