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A 21-year-old Milwaukee, Wisconsin man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV Thursday night. The accident occurred at about 10:13 p.m. on A1A and Sawgrass Village Drive. He was traveling northbound on A1A as the SUV, driven by a 64-year-old Ponte Vedra man, was traveling south, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states. The SUV attempted to turn left into the Fountains of Ponte Vedra condominium complex and entered the path of the motorcycle, the

A Summerfield woman has died in a single-vehicle crash near The Villages. The 44-year-old was driving a car at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday on SE 47th Avenue near County Road 42 near the Marion County section of The Villages when she traveled over a hill and lost control of her vehicle, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. Her vehicle went airborne, overturned and struck a tree. The woman was transported to an area hospital where she

A 44-year-old Orlando man was struck and killed by a vehicle late Thursday while riding an e-bike in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 10:30 p.m. on West Oak Ridge Road at Harcourt Avenue, west of Florida’s Turnpike. The FHP said a 40-year-old Orlando man was driving a 2016 Kia Optima east on Oak Ridge Road when he struck an e-bike that was traveling in the crosswalk. The 44-year-old e-bike rider was taken to Orlando Regional Medical

A Summerfield man was arrested after allegedly strangling his girlfriend for going through his phone when she got a text from his ex. Officers responded to a battery involving 25-year-old ZDK and his girlfriend of six months at an undisclosed residence around 6:45 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Upon arrival, they met with the girlfriend as K left the scene in a black sedan. He was later stopped in the Fruitland Park Plaza,

An Ocala man was arrested for battery after allegedly injuring a woman’s leg during a road rage incident near Gator Bay Bar & Grill in Leesburg. A deputy responded to the restaurant, located at 10320 County Road 44, to investigate a reported road rage incident involving 55-year-old D M at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Dispatch relayed multiple call-ins about a disturbance between a silver Ford and several motorcycles on County

 Two men are dead after a collision Wednesday morning on Florida Cracker Trail in Hardee County. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said a Kia was headed north on County Road 663, approaching an intersection stop sign of State Road 64 shortly before noon on Jan. 21, when a semi tractor-trailer was headed east on State Road 64. FHP said the Kia “violated the right of way” of the semi tractor-trailer, when the Kia collided with the trailer part. The 35-year-old Fort

A Dade City woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision in Pasco County on Wednesday evening. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said the fatal collision happened shortly before 7 p.m. on Jan. 21, when a Ford F-150 driven by a 16-year-old driver was headed northbound on Curley Road. FHP said a 45-year-old Dade City woman was driving an Audi Q5 westbound on Saint Joe Road, when the teen driver’s truck failed to stop for a stop sign.  The truck entered the

Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said a Brooksville woman lost her life Thursday during a crash on Mondon Hill Road in Hernando County. FHP said a Ford Taurus driven by a 39-year-old woman was headed eastbound on Mondon Hill Road near Jasmine Drive, when she failed to negotiate a curve.  The Ford left the roadway, and as it was rotating, struck a tree, per the report. FHP said the woman suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the crash.  Trusted Legal Help After

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) arrested a Largo group home and daycare employee, who is charged with child abuse of a non-verbal child with autism. PCSO said deputies responded in December of 2025, after the father of the non-verbal child noticed multiple injuries during picking the child up. Deputies said surveillance footage at the group home showed 38-year-old SC “excessively battering” the non-verbal child. The report said the non-verbal child had bruising on their neck and arms and scratches

A Universal employee was attacked after she refused to validate a guest’s restaurant parking ticket, so they didn’t have to pay for parking, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office The woman told deputies that she was working at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel restaurant as a hostess when four guests were leaving and asked to have their four parking tickets validated. The guests were later identified as OB DH, AB and LAC. The employee only validated two of the

 Photo by: (Florida511)  A vehicle fire forced the closure of the southbound offramp to Exit 96 in Martin County on Thursday afternoon. According to Florida 511, the ramp, which heads to Hobe Sound and connects drivers to County Road 708 (CR 708), was shut down as emergency crews responded. Photos taken at the scene show a heavy presence of first responders. The fire was first reported at 2:37 p.m. on I95 South near the Hobe Sound exit. By 2:41 p.m., Florida 511 labeled the incident

Photo by: wsvn  Fire crews were able to extinguish what appeared to be a police cruiser up in flames in Miami Gardens. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the area of Northwest 183rd Street and 27th Avenue on Thursday morning. Firefighters doused the car with foam and water and used heavy machinery to cut the car open. Thankfully, nobody was inside. A witness, Ron, who watched the fire fight said he heard a loud bang and saw the car engulfed