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Fatal St. Petersburg 7-Car Crash Caused by Failure to Stop

September 16, 2010 - St. Petersburg, FL - A 7-car pileup resulted in one fatality and several other victims requiring hospitalization.

WTSP.com reports that the chain-reaction crash occurred September 7 on 5^th Avenue and 49^th Street North in west St. Petersburg. Police say that a Land Rover driven by Douglas Henriott, 25, was traveling westbound on 5^th Avenue and failed to stop behind the 6 vehicles that were waiting at the 49^th Street North red light.

Henriott's vehicle struck the last car in the line which set off a chain reaction of rear-end crashes. One victim, Mary Margaret Overton, 64, was pronounced dead at the scene. Henriott and 1 other driver were transported to Bayfront Medical Center while another driver was sent to Palms of Pasadena Hospital.

Police are still investigating the crash but they believe alcohol was not a contributing factor.

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 St. Petersburg, 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;
• hit-and-run accidents;
• accidents caused by hazardous road conditions; and
• accidents caused by aggressive driving or distracted drivers. 

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