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A man is dead after being shot at a gas station on South Orange Blossom Trail Friday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Around 9:20 p.m., deputies responded to a Speedway gas station at 9520 South Orange Blossom Trail due to a shooting, a press release stated. Upon arrival, they found a man in his 30s, now identified as Carlos Henry Bethel, with a gunshot wound, deputies said. He was transported to the hospital where he was later

 Two men were found shot to death inside a car in the Dinsmore area on Jacksonville’s Northside on Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 2 a.m. officers responded to Garden Street regarding reports of a car blocking the middle of the road. When they arrived, police found two men dead inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds. They were later identified as Anton Brown, 40, and Travis Williams, 45. At this time, the circumstances that led to the

A 40-year-old Orange Park woman is dead after walking into the path of an SUV on Blanding Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A crash report shows the SUV was heading south on Blanding Boulevard near Woodside Drive in Orange Park when it struck the woman. The driver then pulled over to help the woman. Other witnesses in the area also stopped to render aid until first responders arrived on the scene. The woman was taken to Orange Park

A teenage girl was injured in a stabbing Friday night. Police say a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck during an argument between two groups. According to police, there was some kind of dispute that started at a local high school earlier in the week. A school resource officer got wind of a plan to settle the dispute Friday night somewhere in town. The police knew something was up and were ready. They ended up meeting in an area

Two people are safe after getting stranded on a boat in Geneva on Sunday morning. Seminole County Fire Department crews got a call to Mullet Lake Park around 2 a.m. That’s where they found two boaters trapped on a sand dune about 150 yards from the main waterway. Crews tell us the pair was driving the boat down the creek and ran aground. Responders got them back to shore by 2:45 a.m., and no one was hurt. Fire rescue crews

Photo by: wsvn Crews came to the aid of a pilot after a helicopter crashed in the water near Key Biscayne. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Robinson R-44 went down at around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday after the pilot reported engine issues. Video posted on social media showed onlookers at the scene and the helicopter in the water. “I was just lying on the beach, and I’m looking out into the ocean . All of a sudden, I

Photo by: NbcMiami A man and a woman have died after a six-vehicle crash in Miami-Dade Saturday, officials said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on southbound US 1, in the area of Southwest 132nd Avenue. The woman who died was driving a red Nissan sedan when she stopped at a traffic signal, according to FHP Lt. Alex Camacho. That is when officials said the man, who was driving a Ford SUV collided with the back of

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A crash in St. Petersburg on Friday morning left four people hurt, including a 2-year-old who suffered serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. In a release, FHP officials said that the crash happened around 7:33 a.m. at the intersection of 41st Avenue North and 28th Street North. At the time, a car — driven by a 40-year-old St. Petersburg woman — was headed west along 41st Avenue North when a truck — driven by

A man was killed in a fiery two-vehicle wreck that closed Florida’s Turnpike in Orange County for hours, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The fatal crash happened late Sunday in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike near Interstate 4. The FHP said the man was driving a 1998 Honda Civic north on the Turnpike when he failed to slow down for traffic ahead of him and crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer. The car caught fire and became engulfed

A 46-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night in an Orange County neighborhood, sheriff’s officials said. The fatal shooting was reported around 9:55 p.m. on 24th Street near Woods Street. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the 1000 block of 24th Street and found George Samuels III suffering from a gunshot wound. Samuels was taken to a hospital and was pronounced dead, deputies said. No other details have been released. Check back for updates. Personal

A 44-year-old man died late Saturday after crashing his motorcycle on Conway Road in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The man was travelling on a 2017 Suzuki GSX southbound on Conway Road, north of McCoy Road, just before 10 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve, FHP said. The man ran off the roadway and crashed into the median and then struck a tree, FHP said. He was taken to the Orlando Regional Medical Center where

Photo by: Local10 Deputies closed an area of State Road 7 on Saturday after a fatal crash in southern Broward County. The crash closed both the southbound and northbound lanes between Hallandale Beach Boulevard and Southwest 21 Street in West Park, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The southbound lanes reopened first on Saturday afternoon as the deputies’ investigation continued, according to BSO. This is a developing story. Being involved in a car accident can be a traumatic experience, leaving