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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A house fire in Miami Gardens spread to a nearby home early Friday morning, prompting a large response from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Authorities said crews responded at 6:39 a.m. to a single-family home in the 20400 block of Northwest 29th Place, where they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the home. They said firefighters began a “fast fire attack,” but the flames extended to an adjacent house, leading officials to upgrade the incident to a

A bad crash in Lauderhill sent a dozen people to the hospital and left behind a mangled mess. Lauderhill Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the area of 1556 N State Road 7 on Wednesday evening. According to police, a van traveling northbound on State Road 7 was cutoff by another driver. In an attempt to avoid a crash, the driver of the van crossed over the median and ended up striking into cars and a bus. A total

A crash on the water turned tragic after a hit-and-run boater struck a dinghy in Biscayne Bay, killing a man and sending his son to the hospital, authorities said. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers and Miami Beach Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash near Indian Creek and Biscayne Point Circle, off Miami Beach, at around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Investigators said the victims were on board the seven-foot dinghy in the Meloy Channel when a much

A 20-year-old Pensacola woman is charged with DUI manslaughter after hitting and killing a 51-year-old Pensacola woman walking along Lillian Highway early Sunday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Summer Leigh Townsend was booked into Escambia County Jail just before noon Sunday on charges of: Family identifies the victim as Sharon Woolfolk. The crash happened around 2:45 a.m. on Lillian Highway near 50th Avenue. According to FHP, Woolfolk was walking east in the paved apron of Lillian Hwy, pushing an

A 48-year-old Pensacola man is dead after a driver attempted to flee from a Pensacola Police officer Tuesday evening. Pensacola Police say that around 9:20 p.m., an officer tried to stop a vehicle driven by a 31-year-old Pensacola woman, but the vehicle fled and hit another vehicle at T and Avery Street approximately 30 seconds later. The driver of the second vehicle — a 48-year-old Pensacola man — was pronounced dead on scene, police say. The 31-year-old woman suffered serious

Drivers traveling on I-295 South were sitting in traffic from Pulaski Road to the Dames Point Bridge Friday afternoon. The Dames Point Bridge has been undergoing daytime southbound lane closures Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for routine bridge maintenance, according to FDOT. Two southbound lanes of the bridge were blocked Wednesday afternoon. The Florida Department of Transportation also said a crash on I-295 South was blocking the right shoulder near Pulaski Road, as of 5:30 p.m.

Two people were taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle near the beach entrance on South Atlantic and 27th avenues in New Smyrna Beach. There is a roadblock on Atlantic Avenue. The City of New Smyrna Beach said a Public Works employee was involved in the crash. The employee was traveling eastbound on 27th Avenue and turning left onto South Atlantic Avenue when the vehicle struck two pedestrians who were in the crosswalk. “Emergency crews arrived quickly,

A man in a wheelchair and a dog were killed in a hit-and-run crash in Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened around 9 p.m. Thursday on Lee Road and Adanson Street. According to an FHP report, a 2021 Lexus ES traveling eastbound ran off the road, struck the curbed median and hit two adults and a dog standing there. Debris from the wheelchair struck a 2006 Toyota Tacoma that was stopped in the westbound left-turn lane. The

An SUV driver careened into a gas station in Miami and slammed into its car wash, officials said. City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash at the Shell station at the intersection of Le Jeune Road and Northwest Seventh Street, Friday morning. Officials said the crash took place around 7:30 a.m. The 60-year-old driver of a Chevrolet SUV was traveling eastbound on Seventh Street when they veered off the runway, crossed a

A crash on I-95 North in Boynton Beach has closed an on-ramp on Friday morning. Florida 511 reported the crash on the Exit 59, Gateway Boulevard, ramp at 7:35 a.m. In the latest update at 7:37 a.m., officials said that the on-ramp has been closed. No injuries have been reported at this time. Legal Representation for Car Accident VictimsAt Ovadia Law Group, we provide strong legal representation for victims of car accidents. Our personal injury attorneys understand the devastating impact

A Michigan woman was killed when a sports utility vehicle crashed into a tree in Leesburg. The 69-year-old New Boston, Mich. woman was a passenger in a 2021 Ford Explorer at about 2 p.m. Thursday which had been northbound on County Road 473 approaching Allyson Road near the Bonfire Mobile Home Park when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The woman was transported to AdventHealth Waterman

The Brief What began as a complicated relationship between a married couple and a third partner ended with a deadly stabbing, according to the woman involved. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reported the incident on Wednesday afternoon, March 18, as a domestic disturbance assault. A, 32, was later arrested Wednesday for the alleged premeditated murder of J, 34, on Gary Road in Daytona Beach. What we know: Cherokee Lewis tells FOX 35 News she was living with her husband, A,