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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A group of strangers banded together in Daytona Beach after they witnessed a wreck, and they may have helped save a life. The good Samaritans’ show of heroism happened after two SUVs collided at the busy intersection of International Speedway Boulevard and Fentress Boulevard, just after 12:30 p.m., Tuesday. A driver was attempting to make a turn when their SUV was struck. The impact left the SUV on its side. But just as quickly as

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A grieving family is desperate for answers after, police said, their parents were shot and killed inside a Fort Lauderdale home. Speaking with 7News on Wednesday, Tonya Mitchell said she had to see her parents, Major and Claudette Melvin, in a funeral home. “I got a chance to see to see them today. They look like they’re just sleeping, but it’s the worst thing that a person could ever imagine,” she said. Mitchell raced to

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A high-speed pursuit ended in three arrests after a young driver crashed into a Miami Gardens home. The incident unfolded around 10:45 p.m. Monday when Florida Highway Patrol troopers noticed a blue Hyundai Elantra driving recklessly in the area of Northwest 17th Avenue and Northwest 170th Street in Miami Gardens. A trooper tried bringing the vehicle to a halt by activating their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop. That was when the

SOUTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) – A caretaker has been arrested after, police said, she abused and hit an elderly woman under her care at a South Florida senior living facility. Miami-Dade Police responded on Tuesday to the Good Family Home, located along the 6800 block of Southwest 79th Terrace in South Miami. According to police, the victim’s granddaughter told them her 84-year-old grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, was “abused and physically beaten by her caretaker,” who has been identified as 77-year-old

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 25-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday morning after a crash in St. Johns County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was heading north on U.S. Highway 1 when an 81-year-old St. Augustine man in an SUV failed to yield to the motorcycle as he turned left onto Nix Boat Yard Road. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 25-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday morning after a crash in St. Johns County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -The Florida Highway Patrol says a man was killed in a crash in Walton County, Wednesday morning. According to troopers, the accident happened on State Road 83 near Cat Island Road just before 6 a.m. Law enforcement says the driver of a Toyota Tundra made an improper left turn failing to yield to another truck causing a crash. The driver of the tundra was treated on the scene for minor injuries. FHP said the driver of

A woman was killed and her grandson injured Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash along a two-lane roadway in rural southeast Marion. Here’s what we know about the crash: Which agency is investigating? Florida Highway Patrol. What happened? Authorities said an older model Chevy Blazer, driven by a man, was northbound on Southeast 182nd Avenue Road when the vehicle veered off the roadway. The driver managed to get the vehicle back on the roadway when it swerved off the road a second time and

Broward’s morning commute was impacted after three different incidents on the road, including a fatal crash, caused heavy traffic and delays Thursday morning. Florida’s Turnpike NB – Coconut Creek Parkway A fatal crash on the Florida’s Turnpike Northbound before Coconut Creek Parkway and Atlantic Boulevard caused major delays. The crash involving two vehicles happened around 3 a.m. Footage from the scene showed a Jeep rolled on its side and a white Acura sedan, half destroyed, on the Turnpike. Florida’s Turnpike Northbound

A woman was killed in a crash on the Florida’s Turnpike in Coconut Creek early Thursday, authorities said. The crash happened around 3 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike south of the Coconut Creek Parkway. Florida Highway Patrol officials said a 2009 Acura TSX sedan was parked on the outside shoulder of the Turnpike at the same time a 2015 Jeep Wrangler was improperly driving on the shoulder. The driver of the Jeep, a 31-year-old man from Coconut

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – New surveillance video captured the moments four victims scattered after shots were fired outside of a Pompano Beach strip mall Monday evening. Another angle revealed what appeared to be the shooters firing their guns on foot. It happened near the 1800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 5 p.m. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said they found 16-year-old John Zetrenne, of North Lauderdale, suffering from gunshot wounds; he died at a nearby hospital despite immediate attempts to

PLANTATION, Fla. – There was a large police presence at a home in a Plantation neighborhood Tuesday afternoon as detectives investigated the deaths of two people in what they described as a murder and attempted suicide. It happened at a home along Northwest 97th Avenue in the Jacaranda Lakes area of the city. Neighbors and police were emotional as officers combed the scene. One neighbor said a family of four lives at the home: A mother, father, a 3-month-old and a

DAVIE, Fla. – A man was arrested after an incident in a Davie parking lot turned dangerous. According to police, a crash between two vehicles inside the Griffin Plaza, located in the 8200 block of Griffin Road, at around 3 p.m. Tuesday led to one of the drivers suddenly pulling out a hatchet and going after the other. That’s when the owner of the Fat Stork restaurant stepped in. That man didn’t want to reveal his identity, but people who saw