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Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Heather Leigh Hurd – 1981-2008

On January 3, 2008, Heather Hurd was headed to Disneyland to plan what would be the most important day of her life — her wedding.  Tragically, on that day, a distracted driver took everything away from Heather, forever.

Heather Hurd

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Posted on March 14, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Deputy Sheriff John Robert Kotfila Jr., FL, 2016

About 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, Deputy Sheriff John Kotfila was killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle that was being driven in the wrong direction on the Selmon Expressway, at the Brandon Express exit near I-75.

Deputy Sheriff John Robert Kotfila

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Posted on February 17, 2020

142 Bicyclists were Killed on Florida’s Roads in 2019 Alone!

Recently released numbers from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles illustrate how dangerous Florida roads can be for bicyclists…

Bicyclists among other vehicles (Copyright image, 2018.)

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