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A 20-year-old Palm Bay man riding a bicycle along U.S. 1 in Titusville was struck by a car and killed late Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 11:30 p.m., south of the State Road 405 overpass (Columbia Boulevard), troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the bicyclist was not equipped with any front- or rear-facing illumination devices as he traveled north in the inside lane of U.S. 1. A 21-year-old Satellite Beach man driving

A 23-year-old Davenport woman was struck and killed by a car Friday night after looking for her cellphone along the shoulder of Interstate 4 near Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. on eastbound State Road 400 (I-4), west of State Road 39, troopers said. According to a preliminary FHP crash report, the Davenport woman had stopped her pickup truck on the shoulder of S.R. 400 and began walking along the shoulder in

Photo  by WKMG ClickOrlando Traffic is moving again after a vehicle fire on the Florida Turnpike in Sumter County forced lanes to be temporarily shut down on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. All northbound lanes were shut down around noon in the area of mile marker 307/308, near Wildwood, as emergency crews could be seen on traffic cameras responding to the scene. The leftmost travel lane had been reopened the cameras showed, with the sheriff’s office issuing an update saying

A driver was able to escape his vehicle after driving it into a body of water in Pompano Beach early Saturday, authorities said. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, it was shortly before 3:30 a.m. when deputies and fire rescue responded to a report of a crash in the area of Northwest Eighth Avenue and Center Port Circle. “The preliminary investigation revealed that a car went into the water, and the driver of the vehicle was able to safely exit

One man was killed and a suspect, the victim’s stepson, is still on the loose after a shooting in Plantation on Saturday, authorities and family members said. Plantation police said at around 1 p.m. that the situation was a “domestic incident” and they were actively searching for the shooter, who they have identified but not named publicly. According to relatives, the victim is C P, who went by Paul. Loved ones and neighbors of the Apple Creek community told NBC6 that

One person was killed and two were injured in a shooting at a Marathon gas station off SR 715 in Belle Glade Saturday afternoon, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about a quarter mile from the Palm Beach State College Campus in Belle Glade. The sheriff’s office said they believe it started with an altercation outside the gas station. Shots were fired shortly after and three people were hit. When Palm Beach County Fire Rescue units

A 20-year-old man who was walking on a Jacksonville road was struck and killed early Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said a car and a box truck were heading south on Philips Highway around 2:30 a.m. For an unknown reason, the man was walking in the southbound lanes near Bowdendale Avenue and was hit by both vehicles. The Jacksonville man died at the scene. The driver of the car had minor injuries. FHP released no other

Photo by: UC Breaking One person was taken to the hospital after being burned by a propane tank in Cape Coral on Friday afternoon. According to the fire department, the fire was caused by a leak in the propane tank. The fire department said there was minimal damage to the home. Multiple fire trucks responded, and the Cape Coral Police Department was also at the scene. Experiencing a fire accident can be devastating, leaving you with physical injuries, emotional trauma,

A man was shot and injured while inside his vehicle on Thursday night in Lehigh Acres. “The bullets hit my arm. My arm got heavy and all I could do was hold on to the wheel so I wouldn’t lose control of the car,” said E A, who was shot. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested R R, 33, in connection with the shooting. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, around 7 p.m., deputies responded to reports of a

Photo by: wcjb One dead and many injured after fatal, multi-vehicular car crash on I-75 north of Ocala Friday evening. The accident, involving a flipped pickup truck, occurred at 6 p.m. at mile marker 365, located near Reddick. The truck was traveling southbound on the interstate, lost control and collided with the center median, causing it to overturn onto the northbound lanes. The 65-year-old male driver of the truck, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at a

Three people were injured on a fair ride in Immokalee Friday night. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call for injuries on a ride at 10:38 p.m., Friday. Deputies say that two of those injured were juveniles, and that all three went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. NBC2 is working to get you more information on the victims and the location where the incident took place.  At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the excitement