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Source: wtsp A Hillsborough Sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital with serious injuries after state troopers said his patrol car was hit by a drunk driver. Troopers responded to a crash on State Road 674 and 15th Street where a Ford pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with a patrol car late Saturday night. The truck was traveling southbound on 15th Street and entered the path of and hit the deputy who was driving westbound on the state

Photo by: nbcmiami Three people, including a teenager, remain in the hospital after a violent head-on crash Friday night in Deerfield Beach. Authorities said it happened at around 9 p.m. in the area of SW 10th Street and Waterways Boulevard.  The Broward Sheriff’s Office said a 17-year-old boy from Plantation was driving a Toyota Corolla eastbound on Southwest 10th Street when he lost control, crossed the curbed median and collided head-on with a Ford Fusion in the westbound lanes. The

Photo Credit: Tapinto Parkland A traffic accident at the intersection of Nob Hill and Hillsboro in Parkland on Sunday evening caused traffic to be rerouted from multiple lanes back to Loxahatchee Road and University Drive. Ambulance, fire trucks, and police cars were on the scene, which appeared to cause significant damage to at least one vehicle. There was no appearance of significant physical injuries at the scene, according to unconfirmed reports. The accident was reported at 6:49 p.m., and traffic

Miami-Dade homicide detectives were investigating a fatal shooting on Sunday in Homestead. The investigation was outside Roby George Park’s softball field at Southwest 11 Avenue and Fourth Street. The Brothers Supermarket, a small store, and The Overseas Elks Lodge, a private social club, are also in the area. According to Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the victim was a man who suffered gunshot wounds. Homestead Police Department officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert shortly before

A good Samaritan saved a 17-year-old girl who was struck and pinned under an SUV while riding an electric scooter in Miami. The incident happened near Northwest Miami Court and 14th Street, at around 7 a.m. on Friday. According to City of Miami Police, Laura Auzon, was riding an electric scooter when she was hit by a black Chevrolet SUV. “Based on the information that we have, the driver was making a right turn and did not see that the

A 24-year-old man has been taken into custody after stabbing his 72-year-old grandma during an argument, according to the Orange City Police Department. Police and paramedics responded to the Orange City Flats apartments shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday. According to officials, the man and his grandma got into an argument. During that argument, the adult grandson grabbed a knife and stabbed his grandma. She was transported to HC Florida, Lake Monroe Hospital as a trauma alert. The extent of

A 35-year-old Hialeah man was arrested early Friday morning after police said he attacked his girlfriend and her 12-year-old daughter with a baseball bat during a domestic dispute. According to police, the victim said she returned home around 11:30 p.m. Thursday to find Jorge Luis Castillo Cardenas outside drinking with his cousin. After entering the residence, police said the victim began brushing her 12-year-old’s daughter hair in preparation for school the following day when Castillo entered and started arguing with

A woman was rushed to the hospital after a vehicle crashed into her at a gas station in Pembroke Park and fled the scene, and police believe the impact was intentional. Pembroke Park Police units responded to the Orion Gas Station, located on 3964 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., at around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday. Gas station video shows the headlights of the subject’s car turning into the gas station. On the top right hand corner of the frame, the victim

Nearly three years after a Fort Lauderdale crash that led to a woman’s death, the Maserati driver who police say was drunk and speeding when he caused the crash is facing DUI manslaughter and other charges. Derrick Fulton Eaglin, 63, was arrested Thursday on 18 charges including DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing serious bodily injury, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, and DUI with property damage, records showed. The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2021, at

Two people were taken to the hospital on Friday afternoon after a shooting in Delray Beach, police said. The shooting took place at the Village Square Apartment & Condo Building in the 700 block of Village Square Circle. Delray Beach police said the call came in around 3:15 p.m., and that both victims are female, in their late teens. They said the injuries are not life threatening. People at the apartment complex claimed they heard multiple gunshots, according to police.

A 16-year-old DeSoto County teen was arrested after being accused of shooting a victim with metal BB gun pellets. According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office Omar Villa-Suarez is accused of injuring someone after shooting them with a BB gun. The sheriff’s office said the person had multiple injuries. Deputies say Villa-Suarez fled the scene in a white 2007 Ford Expedition. They followed the SUV along SR-31 and initiated a traffic stop. DCSO said Villa-Suarez drove through multiple stop signs.

An attorney from Aventura was arrested Thursday on accusations that he beat his wife, and his wife told police that this wasn’t the first time it’s happened, authorities said. According to an arrest report, Andrew Zelmanowitz’s wife went to the Aventura police station on West Country Club Drive Thursday and told officers that her husband has “continuously beaten her with it escalating on 9/11/2024.” Police said the victim claimed that Zelmanowitz, 42, became irate around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday after she