Practice Areas

• Car Accident
• Worker's Compensation

News

Three UT Students Involved in Davis Islands Car Accident

Three University of Tampa students were involved in a car accident, just hours after a candlelight vigil for a fellow schoolmate who was fatally injured in a hit-and-run accident.  One of the students was critically injured in the Davis Islands car accident.

The car accident took place at approximately 3:20 AM and many University of Tampa officials were not sure how much more they could take.

According to Tampa police, 20-year-old Michael Louis-Fernand, was the driver of a 2009 two-door Volkswagon GTI.  Louis-Fernand was traveling west on W. Davis Boulevard toward the end of the island, when he apparently lost control of his vehicle, hit a curb and crashed into a concrete wall that surrounded a home at 523 Erie Avenue.  The people living in the home were not injured.

Michelle Sams, 20, and Jorge Jimenez, were passengers in Louis-Fernand’s car.   Sams was riding in the backseat at the time of the crash.  She was transported to Tampa General Hospital where she was listed in critical condition on Tuesday, November 24, 2009.  According to Sams’ mother, Donna, Michelle sustained a lacerated liver and lost a lot of blood.  Donna said that she was told that Michelle was “almost gone.”

Donna and Steven Sams, who reside in Wilton, Connecticut, were preparing to fly to Tampa to be with Michelle.

Investigators are looking into whether or not alcohol was a factor in the accident.  A blood sample was taken from Louis-Fernand by police, but the results could take several weeks.

Read More About Three UT Students Involved in Davis Islands Car Accident...

back to top