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Photo by: News4jax The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting where a man and woman were injured at a Regency convenience store. JSO said the two were parked at a convenience store on Burt Road when another driver wearing a mask pulled up and blocked the car. The driver of the other car shot at the blocked vehicle multiple times for unknown reasons, JSO said. The victim got in the car and tried to drive away toward the Tredinick

Police are investigating a crash in Homestead early Thursday that killed a man and woman who were riding a motorcycle. The crash happened in the 26200 block of Southwest 112th Avenue. Miami-Dade Police said the man was operating the motorcycle with the woman as his passenger when there was a collision with an SUV. Fire rescue crews responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The woman was taken to Jackson South Medical Center, where she later died. No

A man was arrested after he allegedly struck a person with his car, left the crash and ran from police in Tampa. Tampa Police said Vincent Oliver, 34, was driving near Busch Boulevard and 50th Street when he struck a woman in her 20s walking across the street in a crosswalk. The woman died from the injuries. Oliver left the area and drove to a nearby convenience store in his car. He then got out of his car and ran

An elderly man died Friday morning in a fire at a condo complex on Jacksonville’s Southside, firefighters said. The fire broke out shortly before 4 a.m. at the Lakecrest Condominiums on Belle Rive Boulevard, just east of Southside Boulevard. The fire affected three condos, and the elderly man was found dead in an upper unit, according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue. JFRD said at least 70 firefighters responded to the scene and were able to put the fire out within

 Photo by: Polk County Sheriff’s Office A Mulberry man died Thursday afternoon after a semi-truck crashed into his car, according to deputies. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said at about 4:10 p.m., a Freightliner was carrying a 53-foot trailer south on SR-37 when it nearly struck a pickup truck that was stopped to make a left turn into Bay Port Valve and Fitting. A PCSO release said the semi-truck driver, 60-year-old Alberto Benitez of Hialeah, hit the emergency brakes, but

Photo by: Northescambia One person was injured in a crash involving a transit bus with seven passengers Thursday morning on Highway 29 near Tate School Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said a Honda SUV driven by a 36-year-old woman was traveling north on Highway 29 and attempted a left turn onto Tate School Road about 7:30 a.m. Troopers said a transit bus traveling south on Highway 29 collided with the side of the SUV. The SUV left the roadway and

Photo by: MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY / USA TODAY NETWORK In the sixth Brightline-related fatality in Brevard County since October, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Brightline passenger train Thursday, just yards away from a fire-rescue station in Micco. The crash, at Barefoot and Ron Beatty boulevards, was reported just before noon. Brevard County Fire Rescue crews heard the crash and ran out from the fire station, fire officials reported. The person struck was dead on the scene, attended

Photo by: Port St. Lucie Police Port St. Lucie police said a driver crashed head-on into an SUV after speeding away during a traffic stop Thursday morning. The incident happened at around 9:20 a.m. in the 1600 block of Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway. Police said they pulled over a man driving a white Chevrolet sedan, when the man took off. Police said the man drove southbound on Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway, while the officer radioed that the man fled the

A section of State Road 417 is shut down Friday morning due to a serious accident. All southbound lanes of SR-417 are closed near SR-528. Two left lanes are also closed on northbound SR-417. The crash happened around 7:17 a.m. and involved an overturned construction truck. Debris and other material from the truck is scattered on the roadway and will need to be cleared up before the lanes can be reopened. Southbound traffic on SR-17 is being rerouted at Lee

A Port Charlotte man is in critical condition after being hit by a sedan along US-41 on Thursday night. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 7:40 p.m., a 66-year-old man was driving a sedan north in the left turn lane of US-41 near Main Street. A 39-year-old man riding a motorcycle was heading south. FHP states the front of the sedan failed to yield and turned in front of the motorcycle. The front of the motorcycle crashed into the

Photo by:  Florida Highway Patrol A Clearwater woman who had no valid driver’s license crashed an unregistered car Wednesday morning while fleeing from troopers, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Krashanta Nicole Barnes, 34, was allegedly weaving in and out of traffic on I-275 just before noon when she almost hit a fuel tanker, troopers said. She then slowed down to about 35 mph in a 65 mph zone, causing other drivers to have to swerve around her. A trooper

Left alone, wandering around a hotel, bruised and in tears, is how staff found three children after being left alone in an Orlando hotel. Deputies say the children may have been left alone for two hours before their mother and her boyfriend came strolling into the hotel at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. The woman, Rashay Braynen, and her boyfriend, Gregory Pierre, are behind bars Thursday night. According to the arrest affidavit, hotel staff were notified that a 2-year-old boy was