Sunrise is located in central-western Broward County, has more than 90,000 residents, and has become one of Florida’s top tourist destinations.
Sunrise is now known for its business, shopping and entertainment venues. It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall – one of the largest outlet and value retail shopping destinations in the United States, the largest corporate park in South Florida – the Sawgrass International Corporate Park, and the BB&T Center – Home of the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers.
Sunrise is also home to over 100 businesses and corporations including IKEA, AT&T, Emerson, Pediatrix Medical, Mednax, Parallon, Foxconn, Pet Supermarket, Cigna Healthcare, E. & J. Gallo Winery, G.L. Homes of Florida Stiles Corporation, and Centene Corporation.
Sunrise borders the Florida Everglades and is where one can connect onto I-75 (Alligator Alley) and head west to Naples. Major thoroughfares include I-75, 1-595, and the Sawgrass Expressway (State Road 869). Local roadways include Commercial Boulevard, North Pine Island Road, Nob Hill Road, Hiatus Road, Sunrise Boulevard, and Oakland Park Boulevard.
In 2015, Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) reported that Sunrise had 5 fatalities and 940 injuries involving 11,280 vehicle crashes. FIRES shows that for the first three months of 2016, there have been 316 car crashes with 235 injuries and one fatalities. There have been 13 commercial vehicle crashes and 1159 property damage crashes.
Sunrise has experienced serious injuries and deadly auto accidents involving, head-on collisions, collisions at intersections or with motorcycles, trucking accidents with semi-trucks, rollovers, rollovers with vehicle ejections, hitting a pedestrian, distracted drivers, impaired drivers, wrong-way drivers, drag-racers, and speeders.
If you or a loved one was seriously injured or killed in a Sunrise, Florida car accident, contact Trial Attorney Tami Wolfe online or call her today at (954) 791-0477 for a FREE consultation.