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Our Miami-Dade traffic attorneys have learned that police arrested former NY Giants player Lawrence Taylor last night for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident. The 50-year-old ex-football great was involved in a car accident on the Palmetto Expressway around 6:45pm.

The Florida Highway Patrol says responding officers issued an alert for a "white vehicle missing the front right tire." They found Taylor and his vehicle just off the next exit on the Palmetto. Taylor claimed he knew he'd been in a crash but thought he hit a guardrail and not another vehicle.

Police booked the driver into jail at 9:57pm on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and later released him on $500 bond. Both vehicles sustained significant damage but there were no injuries reported.

Source: Ex-NFL great Lawrence Taylor charged with leaving Miami-Dade crash scene, South Florida Sun Sentinel, November 9, 2009

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A man believed to be a corporate pilot is charged with hit and run and failing to stop at a car crash involving injury. Sigurd Henriksen, 49,reportedly led police on a 100 mph chase down State Road A1A in South Palm Beach and Manalapan on Sunday morning, injuring two passengers. He then crashed his company's 2004 Bentley into a guardrail at Chillingworth Curve. Police clocked his speed at 105 mph.

After crashing the car, Henricksen fled the scene of the accident, according to police. The two injured passengers were transported to Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach for treatment. Both had minor cuts, and the woman suffered a broken arm.

The driver, who is originally from Kristiansand, Norway, turned himself in to Manalapan police after they contacted the owner of the Bentley. He is being held in lieu of $5,000 bond.

Another accident involving a Bentley occurred last Thursday. Police said neither car had evidence of open containers.

Police charge Bentley driver clocked at more than 100 mph along A1A in Manalapan, South Palm Beach, PalmBeachPost.com, May 12, 2009

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