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Photo by: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue A massive brush fire that broke out at the Mosaic Company plant in Riverview, which handles fertilizer, on Monday has been contained, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Eagle 8 footage shows first responders trying to control the flames as they approach the Mosaic plant. Large plums of black smoke can be seen for miles around the area. Rescue crews were dispatched at 5:47 p.m. for reports of a brush fire. When units first

A 61-year-old man is dead after he was run over by the trailer of a pickup truck in Clay County on Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said the truck was traveling westbound on State Road 16, approaching Florida Court around 3:16 p.m. The 61-year-old man was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk adjacent to SR-16. A witness said they saw the biker attempt to cross the road after the truck passed him, but he didn’t see

Photo by: news4jax Two people died in an airplane crash that happened shortly after the aircraft took off from the Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine Monday around noon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies responded to the wooded area near Torres Trace where the crash happened. The crash involved a Mooney M20 airplane. Officials said the pilot was attempting to return to Northeast Florida Regional Airport following a problem

A Pensacola man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a bicyclist on Monday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A news release from FHP said the crash occurred at County Road 95A, which is North Palafox Street, and US-29, also known as Pensacola Boulevard. “A motorcycle traveling north on N Palafox St. struck a bicyclist that was crossing the roadway,” the release said. “The motorcyclist was pronounced dead on scene while the bicyclist was transported to Baptist Hospital with

Photo by: cbs12  A pedestrian was struck and killed on Southern Boulevard early Tuesday morning, and deputies are investigating the scene. The crash happened on Kirk Road right off Southern Boulevard, according to Teri Barbera, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. Deputies are yet to release details on the vehicle or its driver. The victim’s body was removed at about 9:20 a.m. after the incident hours earlier. As deputies investigate the scene, they’ve closed off the westbound section of

Photo by: Marion County Fire Rescue A woman is in the hospital after three-vehicle crash in Marion County Monday night. Marion County Fire Rescue crews responded to a crash involving semi-truck, an SUV, and a Jeep on South US Highway 441 just after 8 p.m. The driver of SUV was trapped in the vehicle. Crews were able to extract the female driver from the vehicle. She was trauma alerted to a local trauma hospital. The semi-truck driver and the Jeep

An estimated $20,000 in damage was caused when an unlicensed driver had “a few drinks” and tried taking driving lessons from a friend who also doesn’t have a license, according to Florida investigators. Both men survived the chaotic affair, which concluded when their car knocked a parked car into a house, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported in a March 25 news release. Martin County is about a 95-mile drive north from Miami. “Unlicensed driver gives lessons to intoxicated unlicensed friend. What

A 64-year-old man is dead after a van reportedly blew through a stop sign and crashed into a motorcycle in Port Charlotte Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a van was headed south on Torrington Street toward the intersection of Veterans Boulevard. A motorcycle was traveling west on Veterans Blvd, approaching the same intersection. At around 2:20 p.m., the van ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist was critically injured and

A man has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Florida City, authorities confirmed Tuesday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Damian Avila, the crash occurred just after 11:30 p.m. Monday near Southwest 328th Street. Cellphone video sent to Local 10 by a viewer shows one vehicle on the highway that rolled over onto its roof. Avila said a white Honda Accord and a black Ford Expedition were heading south on the Turnpike when, for

 One person was arrested after an alleged machete attack at a Wawa in Tampa over the weekend left one person injured.  According to the Tampa Police Department, officers responded to a Wawa store, at 401 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, on Sunday around 6:16 p.m. regarding a disturbance between two men. Video sent to FOX 13 by a viewer shows a man brandishing a machete outside the convenience store arguing with another man, as the other man says to ‘call the cops.’ In

 A Tampa man was arrested last week after being removed from a plane at Tampa International Airport for cussing out other passengers and staff, according to court records. Shail Patel, 29, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with multiple counts of battery and disorderly intoxication after records say he had to be carried off a plane for threatening to take it down. According to court records, Patel began erratically yelling and cursing at passengers and, at one point, said, ‘(expletive) you blue-eyed white devils

A judge in Hillsborough County denied bond on Monday for the man accused of trying to kill the mother of his child earlier this month. Prosecutors say John Collins picked up Heidi Slachter on March 8, then drove her to a park on North 66th Street before demanding she hand over a bag containing $500 in cash from her employer. According to investigators, Collins stabbed Slachter seven times in the neck after she refused to hand over the money. The victim was able