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Photo by: Click Orlando Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash early Thursday in Buena Ventura Lakes that left a 60-year-old Kissimmee man dead and another man injured. The wreck occurred around 1:25 a.m. at Buenaventura Boulevard and Oakwood Drive, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the 60-year-old man was driving a 2013 Toyota Prius eastbound on Oakwood Drive, approaching Buenaventura Boulevard in the left turn lane. A 2011 Nissan Rogue being driven by a 33-year-old Kissimmee

The Florida Highway Patrol is on the scene of a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 90 in Midway, where traffic is being rerouted this morning. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes of Highway 90, according to the FHP. First responders were dispatched around 5:40 a.m. No other details were immediately available. “A detour is being set up at U.S. 90 (Midway City Hall) and County Road 268 (Martin Luther King Boulevard) to East Brickyard Road,” the Highway Patrol said

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Authorities were called to the scene of a shooting in Miami Beach early Tuesday evening. It happened at Ocean 9 Liquor, a store located along the 800 block of Collins Avenue at approximately 7:30 p.m. According to police, the shooting appears to be accidental. Investigators who viewed surveillance video said it looked like the subject accidentally discharged their gun while inside a business. Police said the bullet hit an innocent bystander in the “lower extremities.” The victim,

A 73-year-old Howey-in-the-Hills woman was killed Tuesday morning in a crash with a semitrailer in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal two-vehicle wreck was reported around 7 a.m. on State Road 19 at Obrien Road. The FHP said the big rig, driven by a 43-year-old Palm Springs, Florida, man was traveling east on Obrien Road and the woman was driving a 2017 Toyota 4-Runner south on S.R. 19. The tractor-trailer driver made a left turn onto S.R. 19,

A “religious debate” outside a North Florida convenience store turned violent when a man took offense and began attacking two men who didn’t share his views, investigators say. The “violent assault” left one man with multiple stab wounds and the other with bruises to the face, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Both survived, with one sent to the hospital, but details of their conditions have not been released. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March

 An after-school care teacher in Hillsborough County was arrested for sending inappropriate messages to a teenager over social media, according to authorities.  According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, a former BridgePrep Academy employee in Riverview sent a 13-year-old student inappropriate TikTok messages.  Marcos Suarez Arroyo, 20, was fired from the school, and the incident was reported to HCSO on December 12. Over the course of their investigation, authorities observed several inappropriate written messages.  They also found statements soliciting, luring, and enticing

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A deadly fire is under investigation in Brooksville. Hernando Fire Rescue and the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home on Vfw Road around 12:30 a.m. for a fire. Officials confirmed that one person died at the scene. The medical examiner and State Fire Marshal were called to the scene to investigate. No other information was available. Fire accidents can result in devastating consequences, causing severe injuries, property damage, and emotional trauma. At

A woman is accused of shooting and killing her 40-year-old husband inside their Florida home, according to sheriff’s officials. The fatal shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday on Lake Ralph Drive in Clermont. According to an arrest affidavit, Maria Rodriguez, 40, shot her husband, Andrew Rodriguez, multiple times in their bedroom. Someone in the home called 911 and said Maria Rodriguez “had not been feeling good” and family members in the house were keeping her from going back into

One man suffered critical injuries in the crash Wednesday morning, while the other suffered minor injuries, according to Florida Highway Patrol. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two Jacksonville men were injured after a rear-end crash and fire happened on Interstate 295 near Pulaski Road Wednesday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The FHP crash report states that at 1:37 a.m., a Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling southbound on I-295 south of Pulaski Road in the right lane. A cement truck driven by

A 32-year-old Titusville man was found shot to death Friday inside an apartment, police said. The fatal shooting was reported around 9 p.m. at an apartment along the 600 block of Timber Trace Lane. Titusville police said officers responded to a 911 call and found Zaavan G. Brown, who had an apparent gunshot wound. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one else was injured in the shooting, which police described as an isolated incident. No other

 A man accused of kidnapping a woman and later barricading himself inside a home for nearly 20 hours has surrendered, deputies said.  James Savage was arrested for a warrant on domestic battery and kidnapping charges, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Savage reportedly kidnapped his then-girlfriend, 60-year-old Marivel Dunn, outside a home late Thursday night by forcing her inside a car before driving off.  Dunn was found safe on Friday morning and Savage was found barricaded inside a home in the

A man walking across Florida’s Turnpike died after a truck struck him early Wednesday morning near Coconut Creek, according to Florida Highway Patrol. A 54-year-old man was driving a white International SF647 truck, heading north on the Turnpike, when he saw a man walking east across the highway around 2:45 a.m., spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda said in a statement. But when the Williston, Florida, trucker moved from the left lane to the center lane to avoid the man on the