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One person was killed, and seven people were left with serious injuries in a five-car Sarasota crash on Tuesday. A driver in a sedan traveling south at 1:43 p.m. failed to stop at a red light as he was passing traffic in the right turn lane of US-301, north of Northgate Boulevard, according to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The front of the sedan collided with an SUV that was entering the intersection of US-301. The SUV rotated multiple times,

Florida man shoots family dog in the face during argument over infidelity: police A Florida man was arrested this week on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly shot the family dog in the face during a fight about whether he cheated on his fiancée, officials said. Farhad Deiham, 41, had allegedly threatened to shoot everyone in his home, including two children, after he was confronted about cheating allegations, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a Tuesday press conference.  After officers arrived

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Drivers should expect delays down Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard after a truck flipped onto its side on Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred along Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, near Village Boulevard in front of the CITY Furniture. Photos and video taken at the scene show a heavy presence of firefighters and the red truck laying on the passenger’s side. The West Palm Beach Fire Department (WPBFD) said it was a two-vehicle crash. In the overturned car,

MATLACHA, Fla. — New information has been released on the Matlacha crash outside of That BBQ Place that killed an 80-year-old woman and sent four others to the hospital. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Cody Curtis, the man accused of crashing his vehicle into a group of people on April 13, told FHP troopers on the scene that he looked down at his phone moments before the crash. He then told troopers he didn’t know what he hit after

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A 19-year-old man who was driving during a single-vehicle crash is facing charges of manslaughter after three people were killed. Dylan Ray Boully was arrested on Tuesday by the United States Marshals Task Force and the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office after he was found to have had a blood alcohol level of .161 and driving at twice the speed limit of 40 miles per hour prior to the crash. He now faces three counts of

OCALA Fla. (WCJB) – An adult woman and a teenager were killed in a crash on Interstate 75 in Marion County on Wednesday morning, two young children and another adult were also hurt. Florida Highway Patrol Troopers say around 10:20 a.m. a minivan was headed south on I-75 near County Road 318. The van switched lanes in front of a semi-truck causing the back of the van to collide with the truck’s tire. The van went off the interstate and

2009 US Army Humvee swerved to avoid collision SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Eastbound Interstate 4 was shut down Wednesday afternoon in Seminole County after a military Humvee flipped, sending three men to the hospital, officials said. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the crash shortly after 3 p.m., records show. A 2009 U.S. Army Humvee was traveling eastbound in the outside lane near mile marker 96 when its driver attempted to change into the center lane, overcorrecting and swerving right to

APOPKA, Fla. – A teen reported missing from Apopka was killed Wednesday morning in a car crash, police said.  The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. near the area of Kelly Park Road and Chandler Road. The 17-year-old was the only person inside the car and was airlifted to a local trauma center where they died.  According to the Apopka Police Department, the missing teen was driving in a stolen car when the crash happened.  The identity of the teen has not been

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was killed and another was critically injured in an overnight crash on Normandy Boulevard. According to the crash report, at around 1:45 a.m., a 20-year-old man from Jacksonville was driving a sedan east on Normandy Boulevard just west of North World Avenue. The sedan veered off the roadway to the right and struck a fence. After the initial impact with the fence, the right side of the car struck

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) – Traffic is moving again in Columbia County after two semi-trucks collided on Interstate 75 causing one to burst into flames. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say around 3 a.m., a truck was parked on the shoulder of I-75 Southbound at mile marker 422 near Lake City. Another semi headed southbound crashed into the parked vehicle. The semi then went into the ditch and caught on fire. Columbia County Fire Rescue crews responded to put out the

A woman and her aunt were killed while her mother was critically injured in a Hialeah crash involving a 14-year-old who was joyriding in his parents’ car, police said. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Tuesday in the ​​400 block of Southeast 5th Street. Hialeah Police officials said the teen had taken his parents’ car out for a ride with friends when he crashed into another car at an intersection. Inside the other car were a mother, her daughter, and an

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Two occupants of a minivan were killed Wednesday in a crash when the vehicle struck a semitruck, then several trees before catching fire in Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on southbound Interstate 75 near Reddick, troopers said. Troopers were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. to the area of I-75 mile marker 365, located between west highways 316 and 318, reporting a southbound right lane was blocked at last check. The minivan struck