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Photo by: wsvn A pedestrian was transported to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Northwest Miami-Dade. The incident happened around 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, in the 3200 block of Northwest 51 Street. 7Skyforce hovered above the scene, as the victim was being prepared to be loaded into the back of an ambulance. The patient appeared to be alert and responsive. They were surrounded by paramedics and what could be bystanders or relatives. A red car, possibly the vehicle

Credit: Polk County Sheriff’s Office A car crash killed a mother and left her 2-year-old daughter hospitalized with life-threatening injuries on Monday afternoon. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a crash around 1:45 p.m. at State Road 540 and Cooley Road in Eagle Lake where they found the 33-year-old woman dead in her vehicle. The woman’s daughter was in the back of the car in a child safety seat, according to a news release. The crash happened when the woman

A man has been charged following a deadly hit-and-run on Sunday in Marion County. Belleview Police Department officers arrested C P P, 25, on Monday on charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash. Witnesses reported around 3 p.m. on Sunday that a Lincoln Town Car hit a 34-year-old woman as she crossed U.S. Highway 441. Surveillance video from a nearby business showed P, the driver, speeding through the right turning lane to bypass traffic stopped at

A man is dead after working on a piece of heavy machinery for Phillips & Jordan Inc. in LaBelle on Tuesday morning, Hendry County deputies said. Deputies said they received a call around 3:30 a.m. Initial investigations revealed the death appears to be accidental. “It appears to be accidental. So our investigators are still looking into it. Obviously, the construction company has people that are coming to investigate as well,” said HCSO Captain S H. OSHA is responding to the

Photo Courtesy Andrew Appelberg/via ChimeIn A 20-year-old Cantonment motorcyclist was killed in a crash Monday afternoon on Highway 29 in Escambia County. It happened around 4:10 p.m. on Highway 29 and Tate School Road. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the motorcyclist was driving north on Highway 29 when he crashed with an SUV driving east, crossing Highway 29. This caused the SUV to then hit a sedan that was stopped at a stop sign facing west on Tate School Road.

Photo by: (WCJB) Two women were killed on Williston Road Tuesday morning when their vehicles collided head-on. According to Alachua County Fire Rescue, firefighters responded to a head-on collision on Southwest Williston Road in the area of Wacahoota Road just before 5 a.m. State troopers say a 30-year-old woman from Gainesville headed southbound veered her car into the northbound lanes. The car collided head-on with a car driven by a 57-year-old woman from Crystal River. Both drivers were taken to

photo by: (SLCFD) A person had to be pulled from a vehicle using the jaws of life following a crash last week. In addition to the crash, two people were taken to the hospital. According to the St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD), multiple crews responded to a vehicle crash on Tuesday, along Orange Avenue in the city of Fort Pierce. SLCFD says using the jaws of life its units were able to remove the person. Photos show multiple fire rescue

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman appeared to accidentally shoot herself late Monday night outside Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities confirmed. According to BSO spokeswoman G St. L, deputies from BSO’s Airport District responded to a shooting call near the airport’s exit at 11:46 p.m. Detectives said the victim told them she was placing her gun back inside a waist holster while inside her car when it discharged. Authorities confirmed that the woman was struck during the

Photo by: wcjb One person was taken to the hospital Monday afternoon after a car and a U-Haul truck collided in Alachua County. Gainesville Fire Rescue crews say the crash happened around 5 p.m. near the intersection of County Road 231 and State Road 121 They say one person in the car was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out. He was taken to the hospital and is now in stable condition. GFR’s hazmat team removed about 30 gallons

Both directions of River Road in unincorporated Venice are closed due to a multi-fatality vehicle crash. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol are investigating the fatal accident that involved two vehicles. According to FHP, a Sedan was traveling on SR-777 south of West Villages Parkway around 3:35 a.m. when it crossed the center line and entered the northbound lane where a Sport Utility Vehicle was traveling. The Sedan collided with the Sport Utility Vehicle after traveling into

Flames billowed from a home along Ninth Avenue in Pine Manor Monday afternoon, causing a family to be displaced from the residence. According to the South Trail Fire Protection and Rescue Service District, crews extinguished the flames and were working on overhauling and salvaging the place. There was smoke and flame damage on the inside and the home is not considered livable at this point, fire officials said. One woman had a minor injury inside the home but refused to

A luxury yacht caused a chain reaction after losing power, causing it to crash with a yacht, boat, and dock, resulting in major damage. The multi-boat crash occurred on Sunday night in Aventura. Cellphone video, exclusively obtained by 7News, captures a luxury yacht crashing into N F’s boat and dock. “That took a very strong impact,” he said. “It propelled across the channel and was rammed right into my boat.” Another cellphone video shows the aftermath of the collision with