What a mess. It looks like both vehicles lost in apparent street racing in Orlando. According to the Orlando Police Department “West units are responding to a multiple vehicle accident located at the 400 block of S Ivey Ln. No injuries at this time but 2 of the vehicles came off the roadway and struck a house. Ivey Ln is partially blocked and OFD is on scene. The investigation is ongoing.”
“It appears the accident was caused by two of the vehicles racing, but the investigation is ongoing,” Orlando police told FOX 35. Caught up in the excitement of the Daytona 500, it looks like these two took to the streets. Unfortunately the real loser is the homeowner. You probably don’t think “hey I should put up a guardrail in front of my house”. The house is probably not livable and it’ll be a question as to whether the drivers have enough insurance to cover something like this. It’s quite possible the insurance company won’t cover this at all since street racing was involved. As I said earlier – what a mess caused by street racing In Orlando.
With the ominous title of “These Are The 5 Most Most Dangerous Florida Cities ” comes a bit of good news. Last year(2022), 6 Florida cities made the Top 100 List. Melbourne, Panama City, Lake Worth, Daytona Beach, Palm Springs, and Riviera Beach. In the 2023 update, no Florida city cracked the Top 50. And there’s definitely been some shuffling. Conversely, in 2016, 12 Florida cities made this list. Locally, just 12 years ago Fort Myers ranked high on this list. Now it’s not on here at all. Think you know which Florida cities did make this top 10 list? Wrong. Miami didn’t make it.
So which cities made The Most Dangerous Florida Cities list?
Here’s the methodology, according to Neighborhood Scout :”Our research reveals the 100 most dangerous cities in America with 25,000 or more people, based on the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents. Violent crimes include homicide, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Data used for this research are 1) the number of violent crimes reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and 2) the population of each city.” It continues “Once we have this complete and accurate count of crimes for every city in the nation, our analysis takes the violent crimes for each city with 25,000 or more people, and divides them by the population of the city, divided by 1,000. This establishes a violent crime rate per 1,000 population that is used to compare every city.”
I’m proud of Florida for only having 5 cities on this list this year. But that’s because what the list is. Violent crimes. Assault with a pizza. Throwing an alligator through a Wendy’s Drive Thru window. Driving a golf cart naked down I75. Those are the crimes Florida is known for. And those didn’t fall into the FBI violent crimes category. But here’s the cities that do find themselves on this list of Dangerous Florida Cities. I’m staying Florida centric on most, but I will do the top 10.
Joe Winner spends his days combing through memes and off beat stories to bring you the side of Florida not always seen.