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Miami Police Officer Dies in Turnpike Crash


Posted on Jun 16, 2009

A Miami-Dade police officer has died after a horrific car crash early this morning on the Turnpike.
The officer, 23-year-old Giovanni Gonzalez, was struck on the southbound side of the road just after 4 a.m. While it is not clear how the accident happened, and if there is anyone that can be blamed for the accident, if I were the attorney retained to protect the family of this officer I would be thinking about 1. Hard damages, that means what would this officer would have been able to earn during his entire career, given his youth if a 40 year career is projected and the officer is schedule to average 42k per year, his life time earning is approximately 1.6 million. This figure  need to be sough after from all sorces to compensate his family, expecially if he left small children behind. That’s is called hard damages. Then there are additional damages for pain and suffering, such as loss of consortium tha codl be brough about by the officers loves ones.
Several officers responded to the scene, finding the Gonzalez's patrol car severely damaged on the driver's side. Firefighters attempted to save the officer, cutting him from the twisted wreckage of his squad car, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Gonzalez was assigned to Miami-Dade police's Kendall district.Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum issued a statement, saying: "My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Gonzalez's family, his fellow officers and those who knew him as someone dedicated to public safety.""The Miami-Dade Police Department has lost a fine public servant." McCollum said, according to the Miami Herald. It’s sad the the public lost the services  and the protection of this fine young man. All the best to his family. Eiman Sharmin Esq.,

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