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Elderly Man Seriously Injured in Clearwater Crash on U.S. 19

February 10, 2011 - Clearwater, FL - A car accident on Tuesday, Feb. 1, left one man seriously injured and several other people with minor injuries, TampaBay.com has reported.

According to published reports, the car crash scattered debris across U.S. 19 around Curlew Road, which led to north and south lane closures.

Authorities received a report of the car accident shortly before 10:30 a.m. It resulted in 3 wrecked vehicles in the south lanes of U.S. 19 and one overturned vehicle in the north lanes.

The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Joseph Tomossone, 76, who was traveling north on U.S. 19 in a 2010 Lexus, was making a U-turn south of Curlew when he collided with a '96 Toyota that was driven by Essam Ebaid, 47, of Clearwater.

The impact caused Tomossone's Lexus to cross the median and return to the north lane. The Lexus then hit a 2007 Dodge van that was driven by Roger Netherton, 43, of Pinellas Park. The van flipped, but Netherton avoided serious harm.

Tomossone sustained serious injuries and was transported to Mease Countryside Hospital, the FHP stated.

Ebaid and the 3 passengers in his Toyota - Maria Ebaid, 9; Yostina Ebaid, 13; and Mona Greges, 45, all from Clearwater - were also transported to Mease Countryside. Their injuries were minor.

According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles' 2009 Traffic Crash Statistics Report, there were 197,214 traffic crashes resulting in injury and 2,563 fatalities as a result of vehicle accidents in Florida.

As a service to the residents of Florida, our firm will frequently publish blogs about local traffic accidents. We do this to raise awareness about the common types of motor vehicle accidents that occur in Florida that may result in serious injury or traffic fatalities.

Common accidents include, but are not limited to: 

• single-car accidents;
• accidents caused by hazardous road conditions; and
• accidents caused by distracted drivers or aggressive driving. 

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