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Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration said an unregistered powered paraglider crashed near Grant-Valkaria, Florida, around 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The pilot was the only person on board.  Brevard County Fire Rescue responded and told FOX 35 News that the pilot landed about 200 yards from the landing field and injured his ankle upon landing. Paraglider crashes can result in serious injuries and complicated legal battles. At Ovadia Law Group, our experienced attorneys specialize in handling paraglider crash cases, providing

Photo by: NBC2 A cadet with the Fort Myers Fire Department died from heat exhaustion after a training session on Tuesday. Fire officials identified the victim as a 22-year-old man named Nathaniel Wilcox. According to reports, Wilcox showed no signs of heat exhaustion during training. He was described as a muscular guy and passed the initial physical exam. Witnesses at the training session said they noticed signs of a problem after the training concluded and immediately rendered aid. Chief McMillion

Photo by: cbs12 Two people have died after they were pulled from their submerged airplane which had veered off a runway and into a nearby body of water, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The pair were taking off from the North County Airport shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday and had reported problems with the single-engine plane, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) spokesperson Tom Reyes explained. As they were attempting to take off, the small plane went off

Photo by: Local10 Authorities rushed to the scene of a car accident in Broward County on Wednesday afternoon. It happened in the area of Sheridan Street and 34th Avenue in Hollywood. Sky 10 was over the scene at approximately 5:45 p.m. A badly damaged vehicle could be seen surrounded by first responders. It was behind a large box truck that appeared to have also been involved in the crash. According to Hollywood Fire Rescue, one person had to be extricated

An argument between two sisters over bathroom usage escalated into one being hospitalized and the other being arrested on Monday, according to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Police Department. Police said the incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. when the victim reported that her sister, Cynthia Pierre, 20, became irate over her shower usage and started knocking on the bathroom door of the home near the 2100 block of Northeast 163rd Street, just east of Interstate 95. The argument turned

 A 21-year-old man from Homestead was arrested Tuesday after he shot a man on the Fourth of July near his home, authorities said. According to his arrest report, the shooting occurred shortly after 4:30 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Northeast Ninth Street. Homestead police said three men were riding in a vehicle when they made a left onto Ninth Street. As they made the turn, Luis Felipe Perez was standing in the middle of the road, armed with

A man was arrested after allegedly hitting a victim over the head with a beer bottle before kicking him and causing him to bleed on Monday. Lee County deputies received a call for reports of a physical disturbance at the Gulf Gas Station on Palm Beach Boulevard in east Fort Myers. Upon arrival, deputies say they found the victim on the ground bleeding from his head. Detectives were able to identify the attacker as Jose Vargas, 34, who reportedly said

A father and grandmother are among three people who are facing charges after an 11-year-old girl who was somehow shot inside her Miami apartment died from her injuries. The shooting happened around noon on Tuesday inside an apartment at a building in the area of Northwest 2nd Avenue and Northwest 17th Street in Overtown. Officers said the girl, 11-year-old Taliyan Clarke, was hospitalized and later died from her injuries. On Wednesday, Miami Police announced they arrested three people on charges of aggravated

A Georgia man is dead and another man is injured after a crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County late Tuesday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the Georgia man was traveling northbound on I-75 near mile marker 405 just after 10 p.m. He drove his sedan into the median and hit a guardrail and went back onto the roadway. A pickup truck was also travelling northbound and hit the sedan. The driver of the sedan died, and the

Newly-released video shows the arrest of a quadriplegic Miami-Dade man in an unusual case: He’s accused of hitting an officer with his wheelchair. Bryant Amastha, 32, first told Local 10 News that the police got it all wrong. But the body camera video appears to tell a different story. It happened May 1. Police responded to a dispute between Amastha, also known on YouTube as recording artist El Valien-T, and his mother at their home in southwest Miami-Dade’s Quail Heights area. “I

At least one person was injured in a crash on the Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade Wednesday morning. The crash happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike just after the Golden Glades interchange and near Miami Gardens Drive. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and could be seen evaluating one person who was standing and bleeding. It was not clear who that person was. There is no official word yet on how many cars were involved or how

Photo by: Polk County Sheriffs Office The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a high-speed pursuit involving a stolen vehicle ended in a crash on State Road 60 near Bonnie Mine Road, east of Mulberry. Deputies said they spotted the dark gray Dodge Ram Pickup near Lake Wales around noon. The truck had been reported stolen earlier that morning from St. Petersburg during an armed carjacking. When the driver noticed the deputy behind him, the sheriff’s office said he sped away