The number of fatalities caused by highway collisions in the state of Florida is disproportionately high, totaling at 3,543 deaths in 2005 alone—over four times the national average. Every year, Florida residents lose loved ones as the result of an auto or truck accident, and the wrongful death lawyers at David, McElyea and Santos, L.L.C. Many of these fatalities could have been prevented if the vehicles involved were properly maintained.