A woman is dead and a 4  year-old girl in critical condition after a Tampa car accident.

According to officials with the Florida Highway Patrol, 52 year-old Tonya Brown in a 1995 Toyota traveling east through Ruskin Friday afternoon when the accident occurred. Police say Brown's vehicle  left the roadway and entered the grass shoulder. The car struck a ditch, continued forward, and then struck a billboard trailer.

Brown was killed and pronounced dead at the scene. A 4 year-old passenger in the car, Deasia Brown, was critically injured in the accident. She was transported to a nearby hospital following the crash.

The relationship between Tonya Brown and Deasia Brown is not known.

A 48 year-old man from Zephyrhills man is in the hospital following a Tampa car accident.

According to a officials with the Tampa Police Department, Ernest Alexander was traveling south on Interstate 275 when the crash occurred. Alexander lost control of his vehicle, left the roadway, and collided with the back of a sanitation truck which was parked on the shoulder of the road, police say. 

The driver of the sanitation truck, 26 year-old Gregory Charlemagne, had pulled over to the shoulder after one of the truck's tires blew out. The force of the impact caused a storage compartment door on the truck to break off. The door struck another car, authorities say, but no other injuries were reported.

Alexander was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital after the crash. He is listed in critical condition. No information on the nature of his injuries is available. 

A six-year old Lakeland girl died after falling from a golf cart last week. The girl's 17-year old sister was driving down a neighborhood street when the child fell from the cart and hit her head. The girl was transported to Tampa General Hospital following the accident, and was later pronounced dead. 

Accidents can have a devastating effect on you and your family members. If someone you love has been hurt or killed in an accident, it is important to discuss your legal options with an experienced attorney. For more information on accidents and the law, contact the Tampa personal injury lawyers of Beltz & Ruth, P.A. at 800-235-8978 today.   

At 11:30 a.m. Monday, a three-car collision occurred in thesouthbound lanes of Interstate 275 at Sligh Avenue, just momentsafter another accident had been cleared from the same location.

Earlier that morning, the driver of a garbage truck had lostcontrol of the vehicle, eventually coming to a stop straddling theguardrail and blocking the right lane for almost an hour. Floridastate troopers had just finished clearing the accident and reopeningthe lanes when the driver of one car, failing to notice brake lightsahead, slammed into the back of another vehicle. This vehicle, inturn, rear-ended the vehicle in front of it.

The two drivers who were hit from behind were both taken to thehospital in critical condition.

If you or a loved one has been injured by a negligent driver,contact the Tampa car accident lawyers of Beltz & Ruth, P.A.today at 800-235-8978.