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 A Palm Coast Fire Police member was seriously injured Tuesday when they were struck by a vehicle, according to fire officials. The Palm Coast Fire Department said it responded to a crash around 5 p.m. near Seminole Woods Parkway and Sesame Drive. Fire Police members arrived to direct traffic away from the area, and one of the members was hit by a car. “The Fire Police member suffered serious injuries and was declared a trauma alert due to a loss

photo by: fox13news Crews battled a fire that left a restaurant damaged in Pinellas County early Wednesday. What we know: Firefighters from multiple agencies responded shortly before 1:30 a.m. to Chicken Salad Chick off U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor, officials said. The fire was contained to the restaurant, which was closed at the time, according to investigators. No injuries were reported. Maximizing Compensation: After a fire accident, you deserve to be fully compensated for your injuries, property damage, and other losses. Ovadia Law Group is

photo by: WEAR  Two people died after crashing into a pole while fleeing from police in Pensacola on Wednesday morning. According to police, the incident occurred around 12:23 a.m. when a Pensacola Police Officer attempted to stop the vehicle near Pace Boulevard and Garden Street. The vehicle fled the scene at a high rate of speed before crashing into a pole at the intersection of Pace Boulevard and Romana Street. One passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, while the

A fatal crash Wednesday morning has both directions of County Road 42 shut down in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 6:10 a.m. just east of State Road 19 in Altoona. According to the FHP, the crash involved a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, a 2019 Subaru WRX and a 2018 Ford F-150. The Chevy driver was pronounced dead at the scene while the two other drivers were not injured. Troopers said both directions of CR-42

A Bradford County woman is facing manslaughter charges in the death of a child. Deputies say the child died from asphyxiation by co-sleeping with R F, 32, last February. She was arrested on January 3rd and also faces a child neglect charge. Court records show she is due back in court on January 29th. F pled not guilty. Compassionate Legal Support: At Ovadia Law Group, we understand that losing a loved one due to someone else’s negligence is an incredibly

 photo by: (WJXT) A woman was found dead in a house fire early Wednesday morning in the Lakewood area. It was one of three house fires reported overnight across Jacksonville. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, officers smelled smoke while patrolling near Hendricks Avenue and Ridgeland Road. They followed the smell to a nearby neighborhood and found a house on Pinewood Avenue on fire with flames reaching 4 to 5 feet high. When the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department arrived,

Surveillance footage from inside a Fort Lauderdale office tower shows 73-year-old jeweler A D’ exiting an elevator and entering his business with another man on Dec. 20. Police said only one of the men would come out alive. Fort Lauderdale police said that the other man was N M. They said M, 56, killed D’ at the latter’s office in a glass-covered tower at 6245 N. Federal Highway in the city’s Imperial Point neighborhood — all over a Rolex deal “gone bad.”

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened on State Road 520 in Christmas. The crash happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of SR-520 near SR-528. Troopers said the crash involved a 2023 Toyota Corolla and a 2019 Semi-truck with a trailer. FHP said the driver of the Corolla was transported to the hospital and was pronounced dead. The 61-year-old truck driver was not injured and remained at the scene. At last report, FHP

 A Marion Oaks family is still searching for answers following a crash that sent their teenage son to the hospital and into a coma. 15-year-old J B was riding his scooter on Southwest Highway 484 on Dec. 26, 2025, when he was hit by a driver. “His godbrothers noticed he hadn’t come back yet,” J’s grandmother Carla King told TV20. “They were outside looking for him and they saw the ambulance coming down the street. They alerted us and it

A Pennsylvania teen was arrested after allegedly trying to stab her siblings with a knife and pushing her mother when confronted about it. An officer responded to a battery at an undisclosed Lake County residence around 6:43 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Upon arrival, he met with one of two victims outside of the residence.  The first victim explained that her sister, 18-year-old JK R, and their brother, the second victim, just

An employee at a Dunedin nursing home was taken into custody Tuesday following an investigation into reports that he beat two disabled residents. N B, 35, of St. Petersburg, was arrested and charged with two counts of abuse or neglect of an aged or disabled person, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they launched an investigation on Dec. 23 after another employee at Lake Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility said they witnessed B strike the victims multiple

A woman died more than two weeks after a car hit her while she was riding a bike along a busy road in Pinellas County, the Florida Highway Patrol confirmed Tuesday. The 51-year-old woman was hit on the afternoon of Dec. 23 on Ulmerton Rd., east of the Gateway Expressway near Largo. FHP said a Nissan Versa driven by a 21-year-old woman from Miami Gardens changed lanes into the path of the bike, which was going eastbound in the westbound bike lane. What we