At least two people died and two more were injured after two crashes on I-95 on Sunday, Nov. 2, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.
The first crash occurred when a blue Honda was driving south in the Turnpike’s northbound lanes near Bird Road and collided head-on with a silver Toyota, officials with Florida Highway Patrol told reporters. Both drivers died at the scene.
The second crash occurred Sunday morning while the disabled vehicles from the initial collision were blocking the roadway. A trooper working the crash was outside of the agency’s vehicle at the time of the crash but was uninjured, according to The Miami Herald.
The driver and passenger of the third car involved in the crash, a white Toyota, were airlifted to Kendall HCA with serious injuries.
The identities of the drivers involved in the crash were not immediately available Monday morning.
The crashes are being investigated by FHP.
Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners is a personal injury law firm with nearly five decades of experience litigating every manner of injury on Florida roads. The firm has secured multiple record verdicts and settlements for injured clients and their grieving families in automobile, truck, motorcycle, moped, bicycle and pedestrian crashes. No matter the circumstances, our attorneys work tirelessly to secure the best possible outcome for every client.
Among those verdicts is the largest verdict in Miami-Dade County history for a motor vehicle accident and the fourth-largest of its kind in the state.
That case involves the tragic death of a family’s daughter and the catastrophic injury to their son at the hands of a reckless drunk driver who was speeding down the wrong side of I-95. The family was on their way to the airport to drop off their daughter, 23, for a flight to attend her medical school’s orientation. She died as a result of the collision.
Their son sustained life-altering injuries and was left unable to speak, needing a wheelchair, and requires round-the-clock care. This driver’s careless and negligent actions changed the lives of this unwitting family forever after he was overserved at a popular Miami bar.
At trial, a jury awarded over $95 million to the family — $57 million of which would go to the son and the remaining $38 million to the parents
There have been approximately 44,033 motor vehicle crashes in Miami-Dade County, where Leesfield & Partners has one of three Florida offices, since the start of 2025, according to data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Crash Dashboard.
Of these incidents, nearly 21,000 people were injured, and 208 people have died. Bicycle-involved crashes account for at least 865 of these incidents, resulting in over a dozen deaths. Motorcycle crashes account for 976 of these incidents with 45 deaths. Pedestrian crashes account for over 1,400 of these crashes and at least 60 pedestrians were killed.
Previous Cases
Partner Justin B. Shapiro previously represented a family in a wrongful death motor vehicle case involving a pedestrian. A verdict of over $36 million was obtained for the family in that case.
In a motor vehicle accident involving negligent road construction, Leesfield & Partners attorneys obtained over $29 million for the injured clients.
Ira Leesfield, the firm’s Founder and Managing Partner, obtained a $19.8 million verdict against Honda in a design defect case involving a motorcycle kickstand. In that case, our client was in the middle of a ride when the kickstand deployed and caused his motorcycle to spin out of control. He was paralyzed as the result of this violent collision.
This was the start of litigation against multiple manufacturers involving the same dangerous design defect handled by Mr. Leesfield on behalf of injured clients.
A $15.4 million recovery was obtained for a Fort Lauderdale handyman who was injured as a backseat passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle accident. The man in that case was in a car that was stopped at a drawbridge when another car hit it from behind, causing skull fractures, frontal lobe brain damage and facial fractures.
As a result of his injuries, our client developed a seizure disorder that could not be controlled by medication. This ended the then-22-year-old’s career as a handyman in the area.
Leesfield & Partners previously represented the families of three teenage girls after they were struck by a commercial truck driver making an illegal U-turn on the turnpike. The girls in that case were on their way to the library when the driver turned directly into their path. Tragically, one girl was killed and the other two sustained serious injuries.
Our attorneys worked tirelessly to settle the case for over $8.6 million for the families. The firm also obtained an over $7.6 million arbitration award for the family who lost their daughter.
In the case of a woman who was walking back to her office following a midday break, Mr. Shapiro secured the maximum recoverable amount set forth in the defendant’s insurance policy limits. The woman was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when a pickup truck driver made an illegal left turn, claiming to not have seen her. Injuries to our client included skull fractures and brain hemorrhages in addition to injuries to her left leg.
A $6 million settlement was secured for the client in that case.
In another pedestrian-involved case, Leesfield & Partners obtained a $2.9 million recovery our client who was injured due to a driver’s negligence.
The firm settled a pedestrian case in which our client was hit while walking on the sidewalk by a driver who was distracted by a cellphone. That case was resolved with a $1.5 million settlement.
In a tragic, fatal pedestrian case, Leesfield & Partners secured over $1.3 million for a driver’s negligence.
A child who was crossing the street suffered a traumatic brain injury after a driver hit him. In that case, Leesfield & Partners secured a $1.2 million settlement for the Fort Lauderdale family.
Bernardo Pimentel II, a Trial Attorney at the firm, secured a $1 million recovery for a family involved in a fatal car crash at the hands of a negligent driver.
Mr. Shane recently obtained a confidential amount for a young passenger who was injured in a severe Florida crash.
Mr. Pimentel obtained a confidential settlement for a family whose young son was severely injured when a car slammed through a Florida discount store’s windows.
Trial Attorney Evan Robinson secured a six-figure settlement for a client injured in a Monroe County crash.
In an ongoing case, Carlos A. Fabano, a Trial Attorney at the firm, is representing a pedestrian who was severely and permanently injured by a negligent driver.