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Photo by: Fox35Orlando One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Altamonte Springs on Thursday morning, according to the Seminole County Fire Department. The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. at the intersection of State Road 414 and Magnolia Homes Road. Fire rescue officials said one person was declared dead at the scene. Another person was not transported. Traffic is being redirected to State Road 434 as all westbound lanes are currently closed. The area will remain closed for another

Photo by: wsvn A Broward County Transit bus collided with a pile of rocks early Wednesday morning in Northwest Miami-Dade, leading to emergency responses but no serious injuries, authorities said. The accident occurred at the intersection of Northwest Sixth Avenue and 159th Street. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene, where 7Skyforce aerial footage captured first responders assisting a man from the bus. 7Skyforce showed that the bus driver struck the rock pile, which was part of a nearby construction

 A woman was recently impaled by an umbrella while sunbathing at Cocoa Beach, police say. The Cocoa Beach Police Department confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital. A spokesperson explained that a woman and her family were sitting near the water in Cocoa Beach when the freak accident happened. For an unknown reason, the group’s rental umbrella dislodged from the sand and impaled the woman’s leg, police said. Authorities were promptly alerted to the scene. The official also disclosed that first responders needed to use bolt-cutters

A 76-year-old Sunny Isles Beach woman was left battered and bloodied after a man who lives in her building broke into her unit while nude and beat her over the weekend, according to police. Marco Tulio Russi, 43, is now facing a charge of burglary with assault or battery, a first-degree felony following his arrest in connection with Sunday’s incident, which happened at a building at 17000 N. Bay Road. His case is separate from that of 37-year-old Serghei Tcaciuc, who’s

Miami-Dade police arrested a doctor on Monday for fleeing the scene of a crash in the parking lot of a Chase Bank in the Westchester area, authorities said. The crash took place on May 15, when police responded to a call of a hit-and-run with injuries involving two people at the bank branch at 8700 SW 24th St., authorities said. According to his arrest report, the doctor, Armando Pineda Velez, 72, of Coral Springs, admitted to being the driver on

Bradenton Beach police arrested Christopher Corso, 56, of Bradenton, June 14 for allegedly driving under the influence, failure to use a designated lane and possession of an open container in a motor vehicle. Responding to reports of an erratic driver, Bradenton Beach Police Officer Ryan Gagliano initiated a traffic stop at Gulf Drive and Cortez Road and spoke with Corso, who exhibited signs of impairment, according to a police report. Also, the officer reported that he observed what appeared to

A woman who was armed with a knife is dead after a Miami Police shooting in Edgewater late Tuesday night, officials said. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 25th Street, the Miami Police Department said. The woman’s landlord identified her as Mariel Rivera Samuels. “She was very respectful with me,” Octavio Pino said. “She always paid her rent.” Hamid Hamidi told NBC6 the incident unfolded after he came home and found his roommate

Police are searching for two suspects in a drive-by shooting in Miramar that left a man dead a day after his 20th birthday.  Miramar Police said they are looking for Jameel Blemur, 23, in the fatal shooting of Ernst Valcourt, 20, back in March. Police said Tuesday that Blemur is accused of first-degree murder after detectives followed up on leads in Pembroke Pines. It was unclear what new details authorities may have uncovered there, but an investigation could be seen underway

Photo by: Volusia Sheriffs Office Two people were injured after a small plane crashed in DeLand Wednesday afternoon, officials said.  The crash happened around 3 p.m. off Lake Molly Avenue near DeLand.  Two people were onboard the plane and were conscious and alert when officials arrived at the scene.  They were taken to an area hospital as trauma alerts, officials said.  “I was in the ‘man cave,’ I was just tweaking something on my computer, and I heard a sound

A Manatee County man was arrested after deputies say they proved he left his six-year-old child in a hot parked car, killing her. Markise L. Outing, 24, brought a child to a Southern Manatee Fire Department station in Bradenton on May 20, seeking medical attention for the child, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.  Paramedics found the child unconscious, not breathing, and possibly in cardiac arrest. They attempted life-saving measures before taking her to a local hospital for advanced care. She was pronounced dead

A man in Arcadia has been arrested after police say he exposed himself to a minor and took photos of a woman wearing a skirt as she shopped. According to a post from the Arcadia Police Department, officers received multiple complaints about a man exposing himself and acting suspiciously while at three businesses. After an investigation, 36-year-old Johnathan McKeel was arrested for lewd or lascivious exhibition on a victim less than 16 years old and video voyeurism. The Arcadia police department worked with

A 25-year-old woman turned herself in at the Broward County jail on Tuesday to face a felony charge after police said she killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash near her home in Plantation back in 2022. According to Plantation police, the crash happened just before 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2022, in the 400 block of North Hiatus Road. An arrest report states that Emily Fasano, then 23, was driving her 2017 Jeep Renegade when she hit the victim,