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Photo: FDOT The brief An overturned tractor-trailer carrying chlorine caused lane closures and traffic disruptions Thursday in Maitland, officials said. No injuries were reported. What we know: According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the semi was traveling eastbound on the Maitland Boulevard on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 4 when the driver failed to negotiate a curve, causing the truck to overturn onto the right shoulder. Authorities said no other vehicles were involved in the crash. The City of Maitland said one

A 32-year-old Volusia County man is facing several charges after deputies say he attacked the same jogger for the second time in just under a year. L was arrested May 15 after the victim told Volusia County deputies that a man approached her while she was jogging near the post office on S. Charles Richard Beall Boulevard in DeBary and grabbed her breast, according to an arrest affidavit. “This man just came up to me and completely sexually assaulted me,”

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a dump truck on U.S. 41 at the I-275 interchange Thursday afternoon. Florida Highway Patrol said they received the call at approximately 4:24 p.m. Investigators say the dump truck was stopped on the southbound left turn lane of U.S. 41, at the southbound entrance ramp intersection of I-275. A Kawasaki motorcycle was headed north on U.S. 41, approaching the intersection, as the motorcycle got to the intersection, the truck turned left toward

A boat crash on the St. John’s River caused a pontoon boat to capsize Thursday afternoon. Putnam County Fire-Rescue and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office’s Marine Unit responded to a call near Marker 25 saying three people aboard the pontoon boat were in the water. Nearby boaters acted, helping the three to safety. The pontoon boat was towed from the scene to a private dock. No injuries are currently reported. Boat Accident Injury? We’re Here to HelpA boat accident can

The 35-year-old German-born wrestler, whose real name is B, was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor battery charge, Orange County jail records showed. WWE star Ludwig Kaiser was arrested for alleged battery at an Orlando apartment building, records show. The 35-year-old German-born wrestler, whose real name is Marcel B, was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor battery charge, Orange County jail records showed. His arrest follows an Orlando Police investigation into an incident that happened back on April 23 at an apartment

Crews have put out a fire that broke out in an RV before it spread to a house in Northwest Miami-Dade, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze along Northwest 17th Place, off 122nd Street, at around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Cameras captured the property fully engulfed, as bright orange flames shot into the air, prompting an intense firefight. Speaking with 7News hours later, D said he lived in the home with his grandparents,

A “beloved” high school student was killed in a crash Thursday morning while he was on his way to graduation practice, authorities in Martin County said. B, 18, of Hobe Sound, was going to graduate from South Fork High School on Thursday night before tragedy struck. B was coming up to the intersection of Pratt Whitney Road and Bulldog Way when he failed to slow for stopped traffic and slammed into the back of a dump truck, Martin County Sheriff

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office and EMS are responding to a crash on Front Beach Road. The accident happened in the area of Front Beach Road and Warner Avenue near the Animal Care Center Panama City Beach. We are waiting for more details from law enforcement. Car Accident Injury? We’re Here to HelpA car accident can change your life in an instant. At Ovadia Law Group, we provide expert legal representation to victims of car-related personal injuries. Our attorneys understand

UPDATE: Authorities say four people are now dead following the two-vehicle crash. The Florida Highway Patrol says Thursday at 9:27 p.m., a car was heading South on State Road 77 as a truck was heading North. The car heading South collided with the front end of the truck, causing both vehicles to come to a stop in the Northbound inside lane. According to officials, every occupant inside both vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene. FHP says at this time, they’re

Photo: St. Johns County Fire Rescue A charter bus driver and three teens were injured on Thursday afternoon after a tire blowout caused the bus to run off the road on Interstate 95 in St. Johns County. The crash happened just before US 1. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the bus was traveling south on I-95 with 34 juvenile passengers and four adults when the left tire blew out. he side of the bus ran into the guardrail.

Two military personnel were injured in an incident Thursday afternoon at Eglin Air Force Base. It happened around 2 p.m. The base says the injured individuals were transported by ambulance to HCA Florida Fort Walton–Destin Hospital for treatment. Okaloosa County Emergency Medical Services, Eglin AFB Emergency Medical Services, and the Eglin Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to the incident. “Damage is confined to the High Explosive Research and Development Facility,” the base says in a release. Two military personnel were

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dog attack early Tuesday that left a woman dead, according to a spokesperson. S said his partner, 50-year-old C, was mauled by two dogs that belong to a neighbor on Blue Bonnet Drive near Cocoa. “She was a great woman. She just loved people, loved dogs more than people, and for her to go out that way, it’s not right,” S said. S said he had just returned home shortly after 1