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A Lake City man was killed, while two other men were seriously injured in a crash on County Road 245 in Columbia County early Monday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said that at 6:50 a.m., the 35-year-old Lake City man was traveling south on County Road 245 near Southeast Robert Cox Terrace when his vehicle traveled into the northbound lanes and hit a sedan and pickup truck. According to the FHP crash report, the Lake City man was

Photo by: (SLCFD) A large fire at a Port St. Lucie home over the weekend caused severe damage to the home, as well as multiple vehicles that were in the driveway. Images released by St. Lucie County Fire District and the American Red Cross Palm Beach & Treasure Coast showed the extent of the blaze that gutted the home’s garage along alongside the remains of a boat, sedan, and van. According to the fire department, its crews were called to the

One person was shot Sunday night after a physical altercation between two groups of people broke out at an establishment in Downtown Miami, authorities said. According to Miami police, the shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. in the area of 150 NE Eighth St. “Two groups were involved in a physical altercation inside of the location. As both groups exited the location the altercation escalated at which point a shooting occurred,” a spokesperson for the police department told Local 10

A Palm Coast man died Monday morning in a head-on crash in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP, around 6:40 a.m., a 19-year-old man was driving an SUV north on Belle Terre Boulevard, and a 65-year-old man driving a pickup truck was traveling south. For unknown reasons, the 19-year-old driver crossed over the solid double-yellow lane line, striking the pickup truck head-on, troopers said. The 65-year-old man died on the scene. The 19-year-old driver from

Photo by: Contributed Orlando firefighters responded to a fire at a storage structure adjacent to a main commercial building in the 2700 block of South Division Avenue around 1 a.m. Monday. Crews reported seeing smoke and flames upon arrival. The fire is now out. There were no injuries reported. OFD says the cause of the fire remains under investigation. If you or a loved one has been involved in a fire accident, Ovadia Law Group is here to provide the

Two people are dead after an altercation escalated into gunfire in Northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, there was some sort of confrontation between four people near a food truck at the intersection of Northwest 30th Street and Northwest 27th Avenue; that’s when the aggressor discharged his weapon and fired into the group, striking a man and a woman. “Upon the arrival of the deputies, they were able to discover two victims with apparent gunshot wounds,”

A 52-year-old Ocala man was struck and killed Sunday night in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 9:35 p.m. on U.S. 441 near near SE 3rd Avenue. The FHP said a 27-year-old Reddick woman was driving a car south on U.S. 441 and did not observe the man, who was standing in the outside southbound lane. The car struck the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an FHP crash report.

The Florida Highway Patrol reported that a 23-year-old woman from Orlando died in a single-car crash in Orange County on Sunday. Per FHP, the woman was driving a 2019 Nissan Versa northbound on Lake Pickett Road south of Priest Court when, for an unknown reason, she lost control of the vehicle. The car overcorrected, ran off the roadway to the right, struck a mailbox, became airborne, and then hit a tree. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The

Photo by: wesh Florida Highway Patrol reported a four-vehicle crash on the 429 near Apopka on Sunday. The chain-reaction crash on the 429 near Apopka resulted in multiple hospitalizations, including one trauma alert in stable condition, FHP said. The crash involved a 2013 Ford F150, a 2024 Cadillac Escalade, a 2022 Infiniti QX60, and a 2021 Hyundai Elantra. One of the vehicles, a pickup truck, ended up upside down. The crash remains under investigation. There is no word yet on

Orlando police announced they have arrested the person they said shot and killed a 46-year-old man in the Magic Mall parking lot on Sunday morning, according to a news release. Police said they responded to a report of a shooting at the business located at 2155 West Colonial Drive around 2:19 a.m. According to the release, officers found the victim, identified as 46-year-old Joseph U. Phillips, with a gunshot wound. Phillips was pronounced dead at the scene by the Orlando

 Marion County Firefighters saved a cat from a burning building. They shared video of the rescue on Facebook. Firefighters got to the house on Southeast 15th Avenue in Ocala around 5 April, 5. You could see flames coming out of the house. They were able to bust in and save a cat trapped inside the home. Nobody else was inside at the time. Firefighters say it was likely an electrical fire.  When it comes to fire accidents, Ovadia Law Group

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies were investigating a shooting in the unincorporated Biscayne Gardens area Saturday morning that left a woman dead and two children in critical condition. It happened near Northeast 141st Street and Second Court. Local 10 News saw a black Ford Explorer riddled with about a dozen bullet holes. An MDSO spokesperson said “multiple shooters” are believed to have fired into the SUV, killing the woman and critically wounding an 11-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy. The girl remains