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Photo by: villages-news A teen driver struck and killed a pedestrian Monday afternoon on Rolling Acres Road in rural Lake County. The 18-year-old Lady Lake woman was driving a 2008 Ford Edge at 12:40 p.m. southbound on Rolling Acres Road near Abele Road near the Village Pet Spa, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. Her vehicle struck a 25-year-old Lady Lake man who was walking south on the roadway. The right front portion of her vehicle

A 35-year-old Ocala man was killed in an incident involving a steamroller Monday just after 11:30 a.m. in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A construction streamroller was being operated on private property in the area of County Road 455 and Hancock Road, FHP said. The operator became stuck underneath the steamroller after it overturned. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said this happened when he attempted to traverse up an embankment. The crash remains under

The Brief A Sarasota man was killed, and two other people were seriously injured after a crash on Sunday afternoon in Bradenton, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to investigators, a 19-year-old Bradenton man was driving a Ford Mustang westbound on 53rd Avenue West.  What we know: As he approached the 20th Street West intersection, he allegedly drove through a red light and slammed into a Ford F-150 that was turning left from 20th Street West onto 53rd Avenue on a green

Florida Highway Patrol was on the scene of a rollover crash this evening, involving multiple vehicles. An FHP Trooper on the scene told News13 that a vehicle was traveling northbound on Highway 231 near the Cedar Woods Estate Neighborhood when it ran off the road and crashed into an electrical pole. It then proceeded to roll over, hit the tree line, and then catch on fire.  Then, as a result of the downed power lines, two vehicles heading southbound also

A woman is dead after a crash near the 8400 block of Pritchard Road on Monday afternoon, says the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO). According to JSO, the woman who died was traveling East in the 8400 block of Pritchard Rd in a blue pickup truck. A blue sedan with two front passengers was also traveling East, in the inside lane, next to the pickup truck. JSO says the pickup truck appeared to veer off to the right and hit the

Four people were hospitalized after a crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade Tuesday morning, officials said. The crash happened around 5:45 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 in the area of Northwest 62nd Street/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Florida Highway Patrol officials said four vehicles were involved and four people were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital from the scene. Their identities and conditions weren’t released. Multiple lanes of the highway were closed but later reopened.

A crash on Monday afternoon along I-75 in Collier County shut down all of the southbound lanes near mile marker 88. Shortly after 6 p.m., crews could be seen with multiple tow trucks trying to pull the vehicle out of the trees after it went through a guardrail. One southbound lane has reopened as crews remain at the scene. Gulf Coast News has reached out to the Florida Highway Patrol to confirm if anyone was injured and what led up

 A 25-year-old Tampa man died after the Florida Highway Patrol said he was run over by a tractor-trailer following a crash on Interstate 75 on Tuesday morning. According to troopers, the 25-year-old man in a Dodge 1500 attempted to pass a Chevy box truck and collided with its rear near Bruce B Downs Boulevard. Due to the impact, the Dodge 1500 overturned multiple times, and the driver was ejected. Troopers said the driver was thrown into the center lanes of

(Provided by St. Johns County Fire Rescue) A driver was ejected in a fiery crash that shut down I-95 southbound between International Golf Parkway and State Road 16 on Saturday, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. When firefighters arrived, the vehicle was engulfed in flames, and the person had to be taken to a trauma center. They were last listed in serious but stable condition. Because of reports that there might have been another person in the vehicle, fire

Photo by: gulfcoastnewsnow A fatal motorcycle crash has shut down all northbound lanes of Evans Avenue north of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Fort Myers. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, officers are on the scene of a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle at 4th Street and Evans Avenue. It is not known at this time how long the road will remain blocked. Motorcycle accidents often lead to severe injuries because riders have far less

A motorcyclist has died after he crashed into a barrier wall Monday morning on the Interstate 395 exit ramp to Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, authorities confirmed. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash was reported just before 5:30 a.m. on the westbound exit ramp. Troopers said the victim, identified only as an adult male, crashed into the barrier wall and was ejected from his motorcycle, coming to rest in a construction zone. The man was transported to Jackson Memorial

A man is dead following a motorcycle crash in Orange County early Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Orange Avenue, north of Wetherbee Road in Orlando, troopers said. Authorities said the 49-year-old Orlando man was riding his motorcycle above the posted speed limit when he lost control while going around a curve. The rider ran off the road, struck a curb and was thrown from the motorcycle, according to FHP. He