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Photo by: WJXT News4JAX A 33-year-old man died in a crash involving a propane truck at the intersection of US 1 and Las Calinas Boulevard Sunday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said the man, who was driving an SUV, was traveling south on US 1 and a propane truck was traveling south too. The propane truck was slowing as it approached the intersection of Las Calinas Boulevard in the right travel lane ahead of the SUV. Officials

Photo by: WFLA Tampa Surveillance video captured the moment a black truck slammed into a bakery on Saturday, shattering the front window. According to NBC affiliate WTVJ, the truck reversed into Tedescos Bakery, located in Deerfield Beach. As he went to drive back out, the driver became stuck in the bordering structure. Cellphone video taken by a witness shows the extensive damage inside, with tables, chairs and a plant destroyed and scattered across the floor. Glass covered the majority of the

 A Tampa police officer deployed his Taser while attempting to arrest a domestic violence suspect who was then fatally struck by a car, according to a news release. Officers responded around 2:20 a.m. Friday to a reported domestic-related assault in the 4000 block of West Hillsborough Avenue, the release states. The first officer on the scene located the suspect and attempted to question him, yet police said the suspect refused to obey commands and tried entering a vehicle that a female

Photo by: Local10 Two people needed rescuing after a boat took on water on Saturday in the Haulover Inlet. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel with the Ocean Rescue Lifeguard units responded to the “hazardous situation” shortly after 1:20 p.m., near the 10800 block of Collins Avenue. MDFR personnel asked boaters to remember to wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved lifejacket, have a VHF radio, and all equipment “in working order.” Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this

Photo by: Local10 A 28-year-old man died after he was injured during a training exercise involving Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in Virginia Gardens. Relatives identified him on Sunday as Fabian Camero. The death investigation was ongoing. Miami-Dade homicide detectives were involved on Saturday when authorities remained at the three-story building where Camero was injured during a training on Friday. MDFR personnel were in the building shortly before 11 a.m., at Northwest 66th Avenue and 36th Street when one shouted urgently to dispatch:

Two fatal crashes prompted southbound closures on the Florida Turnpike on Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded. At about 2:15 a.m., Sunday, a fatal two-vehicle crash shut down southbound Turnpike traffic at the Eureka Drive exit in Cutler Bay. According to Lt. Alex Camacho, a spokesman for FHP, a passenger died after the crash. “The driver and passenger of one of the vehicles were transported to Jackson South

Photo by: (WPLG)  Police are investigating a Monday morning crash that involved a Miami-Dade police officer. The crash occurred around 6 a.m. in the area of Northwest Second Avenue and 71st Street. Sky 10 was above the scene at 6:15 a.m. as the front of the police SUV was pressed up against a pole. A silver car with heavy damage to its passenger side was up on a sidewalk nearby. According to Miami-Dade police Detective Angel Rodriguez, who is also

A deadly crash that happened along U.S. Highway 441 in Osceola County shut down the road in both directions for several hours, Florida Highway Patrol said.  On Saturday around 7 a.m., a semi-truck was traveling north on U.S. 441 near SR 60 while another semi-truck was traveling in the opposite direction.  The semi-truck traveling north veered into the southbound lane directly into the path of the other semi-truck driver who swerved to avoid a collision. The semi-truck driver who swerved collided with

Photo by: Fox35Orlando Apopka police officers responded to an overdose call at The Oasis at Wekiva apartments on Lake Bridge Lane around 4 p.m. on Friday, according to Apopka Police Chief Michael McKinley. A FOX 35 News crew observed a Central Florida Metro SWAT unit, paramedics, and firefighters from the Apopka Fire Department at the complex just after 6 p.m.  Residents were being held at the front entrance. One woman was transported to AdventHealth Apopka for medical treatment as officers

Photo by: Fox35Orlando Six people are hurt following a head-on crash in Volusia County early Monday, deputies said.  The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened shortly before 3 a.m. at the intersection of Evard Avenue and Elkcam Boulevard in Deltona. Authorities said a red Toyota sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed on Elkcam Boulevard when it crossed into the oncoming lane, striking a white Acura head-on.  Four people traveling in the Toyota – all 21

Photo by: winknews Imagine you’re out dining with family or friends at a waterfront, and you see an unusual object floating in the water.  An object that’s not built for water but rather for the road.  People dining at the Miceli’s Restaurant in Matlacha saw a red SUV float past the restaurant’s waterfront Sunday evening.  Law enforcement agencies received a call between 6 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, to which they quickly arrived at the scene.  WINK News arrived on

Photo by: Hernando County Fire Rescue A small plane crash in Hernando County left two people injured on Friday, according to officials. Hernando County Fire Rescue said crews responded to the crash site, where they found the single-engine plane and its two occupants. Crews discovered that the occupants attempted to land the plane on Pine Island Drive after it lost engine power but struck a palm tree, which was nearly severed in half. Both of the occupants self-extricated and sustained