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 Sanford police are searching for an Orlando man who is accused of shooting two people early Saturday morning.  Santana Sutton, 51, is accused of shooting Lakechia Jackson and James Williams outside her apartment complex on Barewood Lane. The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. when police responded to the area and found Jackson and James with gunshot wounds, police said.  An altercation happened when Sutton arrived at Jackson’s apartment on Saturday. Sutton fled the area following the shooting. He also has

A small plane crash-landed into a Florida lake on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the aircraft, a 1979 Beech Craft model A36 single engine, was en route from Brookhaven, New York, to Winter Haven, Florida, when its engine stopped mid-flight. The pilot and co-pilot managed to crash-land the plane into Crescent Lake. Residents in the area quickly responded and helped the occupants to safety. The two occupants in the aircraft survived the crash and were not

Photo by: fox35orlando A family dog is dead after a lightning strike sparked a “devastating fire” at a Florida home over the weekend, officials said in a news release.  The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon at a home on Cattle Ranch Road in Haines City. When fire crews arrived at the scene, they were met with 30-foot flames that had burned a hole through the residence’s roof. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control within an

Photo by: wsvn Police have shut down northbound Interstate 95 near Sheridan Street after a pedestrian was fatally struck on the highway early Monday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 3:40 a.m. when a pedestrian, described as a Black male, was walking in the center lane of I-95, just south of Stirling Road, when he was struck by an unknown vehicle. The driver did not stop, render aid, or report the incident to authorities and fled

Troopers are searching for a driver accused of hitting and killing a man on an Orlando road early Monday and leaving the scene. The hit-and-run crash happened around 6 a.m. on E Colonial Drive at N Dean Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. According to troopers, a 56-year-old Brooksville man was walking north on Colonial Drive when he was struck by a vehicle traveling eastbound on the same road. He was not using a marked crosswalk,

Photo by: Local10 Six people were taken to the hospital as trauma alert patients following a crash Sunday afternoon in unincorporated central Broward County, according to fire crews. Two people were pronounced dead, deputies said. According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials, the crash happened just before 4 p.m. at Northwest 27th Avenue and Sixth Street, near the Washington Park and Boulevard Gardens areas. Video taken by Local 10 News showed one of the vehicles flipped over on the road

Photo by: Local10  Video shows a chaotic scene unfolding in North Miami Beach on Saturday night when an SUV flipped onto its side after a crash at North Miami Avenue and Northwest 167th Street. It occurred right in front of a Local 10 News photographer, Josh Salazar, as he was waiting at a red light. He captured the aftermath on his cell phone. “I saw the black SUV just driving normally in their lane and then this golden car trying

Photo by: Local10 Miami and Coral Gables firefighters put out a blaze at an electric golf cart dealership along U.S. 1 near the border of the two cities in Coconut Grove. According to Miami Fire Rescue, units responded to GEM of Miami, located at 3850 S. Dixie Highway, just after 7 p.m. Saturday. Officials said when crews responded, smoke was billowing from the single-story building; the call was upgraded because it involved electric vehicles. Firefighters had the blaze out within

Photo by: Southern Raceway The Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed a deadly accident at a race car track this weekend. It happened on Saturday, August 10 around 10:25 p.m. Troopers were called in to investigate a possible fatal traffic accident at the Southern Raceway track in Milton. The on-scene fire chief stated a 33-year-old male driver, out of Defuniak Springs FL, had a medical emergency while racing on the track and crashed into a concrete barrier wall and fence which

 A fatal accident shut down parts of I-95 in Hollywood during the morning commute. According to Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Indiana Miranda, a man was improperly on the roadway, walking on the center lane of I-95 Northbound between Sheridan Street and Stirling Road, when a vehicle struck him. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Sky 10 was over the scene as regular and express lanes were closed just after 6 a.m. Debris was scattered along the roadway. Traffic was

A 33-year-old Shalimar man has died after a single-vehicle crash on Shalimar Bridge on Friday night. According to FHP, the crash occurred in the northbound and southbound lanes of State Road 85 Eglin Parkway around 8:10 p.m. involving one person. The exact cause of the crash is not known at this time. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident. No further details have been released. Suffering a car accident can be a traumatic experience, both physically

Miami police arrested a 42-year-old man Thursday who they said battered his father at the victim’s home following an argument last week. Authorities said they responded to a report of a violent altercation involving a father and his son between 6 and 8 p.m. at the victim’s home located near the 400 block of Northwest 79th Street, in the city’s Little River area on Aug. 2. According to an arrest report from the MPD, the victim was abruptly awakened by