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First responders rushed to the scene of a house fire Sunday night in Pompano Beach. The fire was reported at a home in the 2500 block of Northeast Third Avenue. The back of the home was apparently fully engulfed in flames. One witness told Local 10 News that she was watching TV when she saw a red flame outside her window. She then told her grandmother, who immediately called 911. Local 10’s Michaila Hightower spoke to a man Monday who

Three people have been hospitalized after a shooting took place in Miami Gardens. Miami Gardens Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to reports of a shooting near the Checkers restaurant along the 2700 block of Miami Gardens Drive, late Saturday night. “It was a good night until I saw this. It’s scary, we got to do better,” said a witness. Police said that two armed subjects were involved in an apparent shootout, with both suffering serious injuries and being

Shots rang out during the Second Annual Taste of Miami Karnival in the Little Haiti neighborhood, leaving one person dead and sending two others to the hospital, one of three weekend shootings that authorities in Miami-Dade County are investigating. City of Miami Police units responded to a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage of the cultural event, near the intersection of Northeast 62nd Street and Second Avenue, at around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. Sources told 7News a man was shot

The Florida Highway Patrol said a woman was killed when her truck was struck by a passing vehicle while stopped in the road just after midnight on Sunday. The 34-year-old woman was driving a pickup truck and towing a trailer loaded with sod, FHP said. Her three passengers were a 19-year-old Tampa man, a 33-year-old Alva man, and a 3-year-old boy from New Port Richey. Her vehicle was stopped in the right lane of northbound Interstate 75 at the time

The Florida Highway Patrol said a teenage boy was killed in a crash in Seffner on Saturday night, and authorities are still searching for one of the drivers who fled the scene on foot. The 17-year-old boy, driving a Volkswagen Passat, was heading west on MLK Jr. Boulevard just before 11 p.m. on April 11. Approaching from the opposite direction was a 40-year-old Mulberry man, driving a Nissan Versa. FHP said west of Chastain Road, the Nissan moved into the

Officers confirmed Sunday evening that they are investigating a deadly shooting. According to the Tarpon Springs Police Department, officers responded at 4:05 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue. Police said two men were taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. One person was pronounced dead, and the other is in critical condition. Officers believe the incident to be isolated and say there is no known threat to the public at this time. “I

A man was killed early Monday morning when he was ejected in a violent crash on I-295 southbound near Wilson Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash, which was reported just before 3 a.m. Monday, closed all southbound lanes of I-295 just before the Wilson Boulevard exit for about six hours. The lanes have since reopened. FHP said the man was in an SUV headed south on I-295 when “for undetermined reasons,” the SUV drove off the road

A 3-year-old girl died Sunday afternoon after she was hit in the driveway of a home by a pick-up truck that was backing out, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said that just before 4 p.m., the 21-year-old driver of the pick-up was reversing out of the driveway of a home on NE 35th Street in Ocala when he struck the child, who was in the driveway behind the truck. Marion County Fire Rescue responded, but the girl died

All lanes of College Parkway in Lee County are shut down east of Summerlin Road after a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said there are injuries. Deputies are on scene investigating as of 10:49 p.m. Saturday night. We are working to learn more details on how many people were injured and the extent of the injuries. Compassionate Legal Support for Car Accident VictimsAt Ovadia Law Group, we believe car accident victims deserve compassionate

A bicyclist is dead after colliding with a car at the intersection of Plantation Gardens Drive and Commerce Lakes Drive in Fort Myers. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, the bicyclist succumbed to their injuries at the scene. They add that the driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene. Legal Help After a Bicycle Accident InjuryBicycle accidents can result in serious injuries and unexpected challenges. At Ovadia Law Group, we provide expert legal support to individuals injured while

A 33-year-old man from Alva sustained minor injuries in a deadly crash on I-75 in Sarasota that killed a 34-year-old woman from New Port Richey. A 33-year-old man from Alva was injured in a fatal crash on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County early Wednesday morning, according to troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said in a press release that the crash happened at 12:08 a.m. in the northbound right lane near mile marker 178. A pickup truck towing a

A trooper from the Florida Highway Patrol was seriously injured after being struck by debris when a sedan collided with his patrol car in Collier County. According to a press release from FHP, the trooper was standing outside his vehicle on I-75, helping a disabled motorist on mile marker 64 early Sunday morning. The release says another vehicle, a Toyota Sedan driven by Jonathan Ronald Munas, 32, from Sarasota, was traveling north on I-75 on the outside travel lane, approaching