Years after falling frond killed motorman, palm tree belts installed in Pembroke Pines

The wife of a South Florida police officer killed in a motorcycle crash is lobbying to bring a simple solution to a potentially deadly problem to more cities.

It’s an answer to a threat literally looming over sidewalks and streets: palm fronds.

Charles Herring, a motorman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department, died in 2023. He was on duty, and a palm frond fell on him while he was riding…

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