Officials and residents react to Floridaâs number one ranking for pedestrian fatalities Reaction to pedestrian fatality issue. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | March 10, 2021 at 9:10 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 6:16 AM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Crash scenes are very common up and down the Suncoast. Florida is No. 1 nationwide in the number of fatal crashes involving pedestrians. The Sarasota-Bradenton area is No. 6 in the United States. Troopers say dozens of pedestrians have been struck by a vehicle and killed over the last year in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
âThis is not the way the roads are constructed, this is simply people not making good decisions,â said Trooper Kenn Watson with the Florida Highway Patrol.
SARASOTA- A deadly crash involving a Sarasota County School bus this afternoon. SNN’s Samantha Sonner has the latest. A 24-year-old motorcyclist dead after crashing into a school bus. The school