One person died and another was injured after the e-bike they were riding on Tuesday morning was hit by a car on the Julia Tuttle Causeway. The crash happened around 3:05 a.m., just before entering Miami Beach near the Alton Road exit. A white Ford sedan crashed into an e-bike…
A minor is facing criminal charges after a 54-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash on Friday night, according to Miami police. The crash happened on the Rickenbacker Causeway, the bridge connecting the island of Key Biscayne to the mainland, around 8:20 p.m. The bicyclist who was killed was identified…
Officers from the Port St. Lucie Police Department say that approximately 50 people came to town for a planned “street takeover” in the area, with some even traveling from Palm Beach and Tampa. When the “lawless” brigade arrived, however, officers were ready to greet them. The incident happened over the…
Leesfield & Partners’ Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield, has been an outspoken advocate for regulating the use of E-bikes and E-scooters throughout communities and now, years later, officials are heeding his warning. The University of Miami recently announced a plan to tighten restrictions on personal mobility devices on campus.…
A driver faces multiple charges after police say she chased a minor e-biker for several blocks in North Florida. Julia Kalthof, 65, of Palm Coast, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and reckless driving, the Miami Herald reported Friday. She was also cited…
While June 3 is meant to commemorate “World Bicycle Day” and the longevity of this two-wheel transportation device, at Leesfield & Partners we choose to celebrate differently, noting the seriousness of this activity and safety tips everyone should follow to avoid injury. As a personal injury law firm with decades…
A scooter driver remains in critical condition and their passenger was killed after a crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County, local news outlets reported Wednesday. The crash happened before 3 p.m. Saturday in the southbound lanes at mile market 55. The scooter driver, a 21-year-old Miami man, was in…
A family has lost their 13-year-old son after he hit a metal cable in a “freak accident” while riding his e-bike through the neighborhood, according to local media. Emiliano Munoz, of Everett, Washington, was playing with friends at a neighborhood field on May 2. As he left on his e-bike,…
E-bike crashes have been splashed across newspaper headlines since their advent in 2020, creating an epidemic of injuries and deaths across the country. Over the weekend in Palm Beach, another person was sadly injured by these dangerous modes of transport. The incident happened Saturday around 11 p.m. when the E-Bike…
Parked along every street corner or perched against the sides of South Miami buildings, taunting drivers sitting in gridlocked traffic on U.S. 1, is a cluster of e-scooters for rent. The “epidemic,” as Ira Leesfield, the Founder and Managing Partner of Leesfield & Partners, first dubbed it in 2019 has…