Comments on: Driver Trapped After Highway 97 Crash With 1,800 Pound Bull

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:20:25 +0000

Our prayers are with Mr. Crowley. This should be a wake up call for our neighbor. He has four very large bramers that get out often and tears up our fruit trees and our yard. They are a problem to our neighbors, also. Seems there is not a thing we can do about them. We can shoot them if we catch them. They get out in the middle of the night. There ought to be a way.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:19:48 +0000

There is a reason for the Good Lord looking out for Mr. Croley he is one of the finest God loving man I have had the true priveldge of knowing I wish for his speedy recovery and wish his family well I know they are by his side.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:19:53 +0000

This was a very bad incident for Mr. Croley, the bull AND the bull owner… Mr. Croley is seriously hurt, the bull is dead, and the owner has lost an expensive head of livestock. Add in feeling bad about the wreck, and now having to face a likely civil suit, it was a bad day for all involved. I think I know where the bull probably came from, and if so, I guarantee it was penned very well, and an accident that it got out.

I also agree with the people who mentioned that if an 1,800 lb. bull decides it wants out, it’s getting out of almost any pen or fence.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:56:34 +0000

First off "Dan", take your smart comment elsewhere.....
Otherwise, as a friend of Mr. Croley, my prayers are with you and your family...
To those who say is was not negligence on cattle owner, it was either direct or indirect, not intentional. He can be held responsible, and like mentioned, his insurance will cover such accidents. The fact is an accident happened, and from what it seems we are lucky that the Good Lord was watching one of his children until the speedy response of EMS.

By: Elmo

Elmo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:54:10 +0000

Let`s not be too critical of the bull`s owner. I grew up raising young bulls and cattle as a young boy. I can remember recieving calls that our bull was at a neigbor`s pasture seeking other heffers that was in season. We was fortunate that no one was ever hurt as we retrieved our bull. You can build any enclosure or pen to keek the huge bulls at bay, but they are very strong and can & will go anywhere as they wish. My only advice is that if you ever see cattle out of there enclosure to call the FHP and try to warn other drivers of the danger. A 1800 pound bull can and will go anywhere he sees an opportunity. This was a terrrible incident. Lets all remember that the farmers try to secure their high dollar live stock. It is not easy tending to huge creatures that are raised ultimately will be sent to Hardees or Mc Donalds.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:59:55 +0000

Our family wants to thank the 911 callers and the Walnut Hill Fire and Rescue responders for their prompt respone , professionalizm, extraction and care, this saved his life. We are so blessed that he is still with us. God Bless you all. Please keep him and the family in your prayers, he is still hospitalized and has a long recovery.

By: JH

JH — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:04:27 +0000

To Northend, by your rational, if your yard-dog runs out into the highway because the cat scared him, and someone swerves to miss the dog and has a horrible accident, then you are saying that you would be held liable for everything correct. Because it is your dog (and you didnt have full control over him) that caused the accident. whoops cant call it an ACCIDENT because the dog did cause it. It is called an accident for a reason, know matter how bad it is, it is no ones fault.

Hey you know, maybe it was a coyote chasing the bull. So coyotes are property of the state so sue the state, which you are a taxpayer in the state, so lets just make it easy and sue you, even though you were not directly involved.

There are laws to prevent this kind of sue happy population. It is were willful neglect then you have every right to sue the landowner, but in this case it was not.

What if it had been a deer that caused the accident??? Sue the state again, or maybe the hunter that did not kill him that afternoon. Yada yada ya.

AS BRATT MAN SAID — IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!

By: Bratt Man

Bratt Man — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:34:27 +0000

Most farmers carry liability insurance. A farm is a business just like running the corner grocery. The guy at the corner grocery worries about slip and fall injuries, etc., while the farmer with cattle worries that one will get out.

The statute someone copied below says ” intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently”. I know this farmer. His fencing is probably about the best around. He would not meet the ” intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently” clause. It’s not like it was tied up with a rope or something.

If something frightens a 1800 pound bull at night, no fence will stop it. Think about it. It weighs as much as some cars. If you floor your car into a cattle fence, will the car stop or go through the fence?

Cows don’t escape at night unless they are frightened and in panic mode.

Accidents happen. The farmer should have insurance. It’s not his fault, but that’s what insurance is for.

Pray for a speedy recovery for mr Croley.

By: Diane C

Diane C — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:31:41 +0000

Prayers to the Croley family and a very quick recovery.

By: Queenbee

Queenbee — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:27:52 +0000

FL. Statute 588.15 Liability of owner. Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public roads of this state shall be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason thereof.