According to the Orlando Sentinel Tyler Crotty, son of Orlando Mayor’s Rich Crotty, was in an auto accident yesterday involving a Lynx bus and another vehicle.  The crash resulted in serious injuries to a 9-year-old girl.

Crotty, age 17, was driving in his red Hyundai yesterday on rain-slicked streets which may be why he was unable to maintain control of his vehicle.  Crotty’s vehicle clipped a Lynx bus traveling northbound on Daetwyler Drive, then struck the passenger side of a 2003 Honda van that was in back of the bus.  The nine-year-old girl was riding in the passenger seat.

Crotty had two passengers who were his cousins, ages 22 and 18. The driver of the Honda van was the 38 year-old mother of the young girl. Everyone involved in the accident was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center where everyone was treated and released except the young girl.  She was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in serious condition.

Although unopened beer bottles were found in the vehicle, Orlando Police Department did not believe that alcohol had anything to do with the accident.  Young Crotty was, however, ticketed for careless driving.

Tyler Crotty’s fifteen minutes of fame came back when he was only 12 years old.  You may remember him as the young boy who was videotaped yawning and checking his watch as President Bush spoke at the Orange County Convention Center back in 2004.  The tape was played many times on national television and the young Crotty even made an appearance on the David Letterman show.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, a young boy who was riding in a semi tractor trailer was run over by a teenager after the semi was in an accident with a garbage truck. 

The garbage truck was making a right hand turn off Hwy 27 near Minneola when the semi following behind did not notice the truck was turning and tried to avoid it by pulling to the right.  The driver failed and the semi struck the back of the garbage truck with such force it tore off the top of the cab.

The driver, a 21 year old women, and her 5 year old son who was sleeping in the bunk were thrown from the cab.  They landed in the middle lane of Hwy 27 where the boy was run over by the teenager.

The two victims were airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center with life threatening injuries.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, the teenager who is under the legal drinking age, admitted she had been drinking.  The crash is still under investigation and charges are pending.

Messrs. Council Wooten,  Dan H. Honeywell and Orman Kimbrough have all been named Florida 2008 Super Lawyers.  For Mr. Wooten this is his third consecutive year as a Super Lawyer and for Mr. Honeywell and Mr. Kimbrough it is their second consecutive year.

The Super Lawyer listing consists of the top 5% of the lawyers in Florida based on the nominations by other lawyers in the state.  These nominations are examined by the research team at Key Professional Media Inc.,  and then evaluated by a group of their peers.  The final selection process is based on those with the highest point value in each category.

Congratulations to all of them!