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One person has serious injuries after two trucks and a semitrailer collided on SR-29 near Immokalee on Monday morning. Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene around 8 a.m. Troopers say one person has serious injuries but is in stable condition. Troopers have not shared their identity at this point. FHP is investigating what led up to the crash. This is an ongoing investigation. You can count on NBC2 to provide updates as they are received. Car accidents can lead

A woman has died after she went overboard and got hit by a boat propeller on Sunday afternoon, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Around 1:30 p.m., FWC officers responded to a pontoon boat on the Ocklawwahah River near Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County. Among the eight people on board, officials said one woman fell overboard and was struck by a boat propeller. She was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries from the incident but was

A man was arrested for shooting and killing his estranged girlfriend in St. Petersburg on July 16, police said. A grand jury indicted Jerome Isom, 36, for first-degree murder for the death of 25-year-old Yvonne Abernathy. The St. Petersburg Police Department said on the day of the shooting, officers responded to a call about the incident at the Reserve at Lake Pointe Apartments located on Lynn Lake Drive South around 6 a.m. When they arrived, they found the woman, later identified as

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday night outside a Sanford, Florida home while attempting to sell a pair of headphones, police said. Sanford police officers responded to reports of a shooting shortly after 9:30 p.m. Saturday near West 3rd Street and Pomegranate Avenue, police said. Officers found a white pickup truck partially submerged in a retention pond near the intersection where 22-year-old Brandon Leo, of Orlando, was found dead inside. Police said Leo had been shot and killed. 

Deputies had a driveway blocked off with caution tape for a shooting investigation underway at a Charlotte County home on Monday morning. According to reports, deputies responded to Lakeshore Circle in Port Charlotte shortly after midnight for reports of a shooting. Two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are receiving medical treatment. Deputies say the incident appears to have been an accidental discharge where to subjects were struck by fragmentations. Deputies are not letting any cars or pedestrians through the area

A man’s death is being investigated after police said his roommate accidentally shot him Sunday evening. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived at a home on 49th Avenue North around 4:57 p.m. after they received reports about a shooting. There, they found roommates Kevin Bishop, 50, and William Tompkins, 57. Deputies said Bishop was lying on the floor and had been shot in the chest. According to detectives, both Bishop and Tompkins were drinking while Bishop showed Tompkins

A two-sport motorcycle crash occurred early Sunday morning at 2:50 a.m. near Sorrento Road and Choctaw Road in Escambia County. FHP says a white and red Suzuki motorcycle driven by a 19-year-old Pensacola man and a black and green Kawasaki motorcycle driven by a 21-year-old Maryland man were both headed east on SR 292 side by side. As they approached Choctaw Road, traffic abruptly slowed down causing the two motorcycles to brake hard and crash into each other, according to

Photo by: wfla A 65-year-old man is dead following a crash involving a bicycle in the Tampa area, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said Monday. Around 7:26 a.m., HCSO received a call saying a driver hit a bicyclist at the intersection of Bearss Avenue and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. Deputies found the 65-year-old man on the ground. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver told deputies the light was green and she did not see the man

Photo by: WPLG A woman died Monday morning after she crashed her Hyundai sedan into the back of a cement truck in the northbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County, authorities confirmed. According to Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho, the crash occurred shortly after 4 a.m. near Northwest 74th Street. Camacho said the driver of the Hyundai was transported to a nearby hospital where she died. Three lanes were closed during the investigation. No other details were immediately

A man died and a woman, along with two dogs, were treated after the cabin of a boat that was moored on the Manatee River was “overcome with fumes” from a generator while they were sleeping, according to the Palmetto Police Department. A 35-year-old woman called police Thursday afternoon and said she woke up and found her husband unresponsive, police said. She also said she was unable to stand up. First responders found the woman conscious but “unsteady on her

The Florida Highway Patrol released videos on Friday showing the arrest of a police officer with the Doral Police Department for allegedly driving under the influence on May 20 in Monroe County. According to the arrest report, an FHP trooper noticed Johann Delgado in a black pickup truck towing a jet ski with a trailer that did not have lights at about 8:25 p.m., in Key Largo. “I am with the Hialeah Police Department just so you know,” Delgado, 36,

An employee was killed and one other person was shot Friday at a Daytona Beach jewelry store on West International Speedway Boulevard, according to police. The name of the person killed has not been released. Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said three employees were inside Volusia Gold & Diamond at 536 W. International Speedway Blvd. when a white male walked into the store. There was a back-and-forth discussion between the employee behind the counter and the person who walked into store, and