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WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Walton County officials are investigating an accident Tuesday afternoon that took the life of a 4-year-old. It happened on a major highway in Miramar Beach around 3:30. A Florida Highway Patrol report states it was a truck vs. pedestrian accident at Scenic Gulf Drive and Highway 98. The report says a 65-year-old man from Defuniak Springs was turning from Scenic Gulf Drive onto Highway 98 That’s when a 40-year-old man riding a bicycle pulling a

Alcohol and speed are suspected in a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and tractor trailer near Sand Key Park in Clearwater on Sunday morning, police said. In an update Monday, Clearwater police said Michael D. Jones, 36, of Clearwater was driving a 2007 Ford F-150 north on Gulf Boulevard at a high-rate speed about 1:30 a.m. when he crashed into a tractor trailer that was backing into the driveway of the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd. The

ORANDO, Fla. – A harrowing incident unfolded on Saturday at the Oak Meadows Apartment Complex when a two-year-old child was rescued from nearly drowning through the swift actions of three Cocoa police officers. Frantic 911 calls captured the urgency of the situation. The officers arrived on the scene within minutes, wasting no time in administering life-saving measures. Employing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the officers were able to revive the child. Experiencing a personal injury can disrupt your life in profound ways,

Photo by: coralspringstalk Five people were injured – including a child – in a serious vehicle crash in Coral Springs on Sunday, authorities said. The child was flown to Broward Health as a pediatric trauma alert, according to Mike Moser, deputy chief of the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department. An adult was also rushed by ground to the hospital as a trauma alert patient shortly after the crash, which happened shortly after 5 p.m. at West Sample Road and Northwest 85th

A woman was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on I-75 north Saturday evening in the Tampa area, FL Highway Patrol said. TAMPA, FL — A woman was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on I-75 north Saturday evening in the Tampa area, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. The crash happened near mile marker 256, the exit for the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, around 6:45 p.m. A 30-year-old Deltona woman heading north on

One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Charlotte County. The crash occurred around 6 a.m. on West Tarpon Boulevard and Edgewater Drive. According to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol, the motorcyclist collided with a curb and entered the grass shoulder after he failed to negotiate a curve. The motorcyclist was ejected from the vehicle and came to rest in a small pond. He was later pronounced dead on the scene. Florida Highway Patrol has taken

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. —The U.S. Air Force said an airman based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, was shot and killed Friday during an incident involving a sheriff’s deputy. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement released Monday. A deputy responding to the call of a disturbance in progress “reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun,” the Okaloosa County

On Saturday morning, South Walton Fire District firefighters responded to a residential fire in WaterSound Beach. Officials said the incident originated as a residential fire alarm call but was quickly upgraded to a full structure after the residents placed another 911 call reporting signs of smoke. Firefighters arrived on the scene and reported smoke showing from the home’s second floor and classified two nearby homes as ‘exposures’ due to the proximity to the fire, officials wrote. On-scene crews deployed multiple

On Saturday, Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash that resulted in one dead and two injured. Troopers said the incident happened just before 5 a.m. on State Road 2 near Rum Road in Holmes County. A 21-year-old Bonifay man driving a pickup truck was traveling East on State Road 2 and a 33-year-old man from Bonifay driving an SUV was traveling west on the same road. The pickup truck crossed the centerline which resulted in his front left bumper

A Florida Keys man was killed when the boat he was driving crashed into a dock last weekend, according to fish and wildlife police. Paul Anthony Benavides was driving a 23-foot Sea Fox nearshore some time Sunday night off Tavernier, an area between Key Largo to the north and Islamorada to the south, when he the vessel struck the dock, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. He was ejected from the boat upon impact, and police say

Photo by: MypanHandle On Saturday, a Marianna woman was transported to the hospital by helicopter after she drove her vehicle off a bridge. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on State Road 71 at the Scotts Ferry Bridge near County Road 392. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the driver of the vehicle was a 48-year-old woman from Marianna, FL. The woman was traveling northbound on State Road 71 entering the Scotts Ferry Bridge. Due to unknown circumstances, she failed

A 47-year-old Hawthorne man was killed early Friday morning after his vehicle overturned on County Road 219A in Alachua County. The fatal rollover crash occurred at around 4:50 a.m. on County Road 219A, south of the County Road 1474 intersection, in Hawthorne. According to a preliminary report from the Florida Highway Patrol, the man was heading southbound on CR 219A when his vehicle, a 2001 Mazda pickup truck, veered off the roadway for unknown reasons. Shortly after leaving the roadway,