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1:50 p.m. UPDATE: The northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard near Avent Drive are now open, police say. A person was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday morning after a crash on Roosevelt Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. Northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard near Avent Drive are shut down due to the crash, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. This is near Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes When you’ve been involved in a

A South Florida family escaped an apartment fire and now need a new place to live. The incident happened Sunday night at the apartment building near Federal Highway and Southeast Fifth Street in Dania Beach. Residents were able to get out safely as firefighters battled the blaze. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Fire accidents can lead to devastating damage and serious injuries, leaving victims overwhelmed with physical, emotional, and financial burdens. At Ovadia Law Group, we

A fatal collision involving a pedestrian and Brightline train on Monday has closed a road in Delray Beach, police said. According to a post on X just before 11 a.m. by police, the incident occurred near the intersection of Atlantic and Railroad avenues. Southeast First Avenue was back open after an earlier closure, according to a post by the city just before 11:30 a.m. However, Southeast Second Street remained closed, and drivers were urged to use alternate routes. The name

Photo by: Fox 4 The Cape Coral Police Department says a juvenile riding an electric scooter was hit by a car on Friday. Police say the child has serious injuries. We’re working to get more details on the victim’s age – as police have only told us that they are a juvenile at this time. Police say this happened on Kamal Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard. This is a developing story Electric scooter accidents can lead to serious injuries and

Dr Eric Eiselman, an optometrist popular in Fort Myers has been killed following a tragic accident on Winkler Road that has left his family, particularly his wife Tara and kids, completely devastated. Eiselman’s death occurred following a tragic turn of events that led to a golf cart he was driving crashing with a propane tanker in Fort Myers around 10:41 AM on Saturday, September 7th. The crash left Eiselman with fatal injuries and led to him being pronounced dead on the scene.

Two people are dead after a fiery crash Friday afternoon in Hendry county. Florida highway patrol says a pickup truck and SUV were traveling east on State Road 80, while a tractor trailer was traveling west. That is when the pickup sideswiped the SUV then traveled across the median and collided with the tractor trailer. Upon the collision, both vehicles became engulfed in flames. Crash left two men, 47-year-old and 18-year-old, from Labelle dead. The driver of SUV was uninjured,

Two people were killed after a serious crash between two cars Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 41 near Seminole Drive, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The crash shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 41 for several hours, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted on X. One car was reportedly traveling north on the outside travel lane of U.S. 41 approaching the intersection of Seminole Drive. Another car was traveling east on Seminole, approaching the intersection of US

 A crash with injuries temporarily blocked all lanes on northbound I-275 Sunday evening in Tampa, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Little is known about the crash at this time, but it happened at 8:40 p.m. near mile marker 41, FHP said. Emergency crews reportedly responded to the crash and the ramp from Dale Mabry Highway was closed. According to traffic cameras from the Florida Department of Transportation, the crash has since been cleared and all lanes are back open.  When

 A 69-year-old man was killed after investigators said he drove under a safety arm into the path of an oncoming Brightline train in Lake Park. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said just after 3 p.m. on Thursday, units responded to reports of a vehicle vs. train crash on Northlake Boulevard and Alternate A1A. Duane Matheson was driving a Mercury Sable on Northlake Boulevard, approaching the train tracks, when the signal lights were flashing and safety arms began to go down,

Detectives are investigating a shooting that left one person injured at a home on Coon Road in North Fort Myers Sunday morning. NBC2 was at the scene where crime scene tape was up on the right side of a duplex. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating at this time. NBC2 spoke to neighbors who said LCSO knocked on their door at around 1:30 a.m. We have reached out to the sheriff’s office to see if anyone could be facing

A 44-year-old Fort Myers man died after a tanker truck collided with a golf cart on Winkler Road Saturday morning. The crash happened around 10:49 a.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man was driving the golf cart south on Winkler Road, approaching Clipper Lane. A propane truck was traveling north on Winkler, ahead of the golf cart. According to FHP troopers, the golf cart traveled off the roadway lane, overcorrected and entered the northbound lane. Troopers said the

The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a man accused of a hit and run crash that killed one and seriously injured another in Lehigh Acres in March. The suspected hit and run driver, Jose Manuel Aguiar-Meza, 40, of Lehigh Acres, was booked into the Lee County Jail on Monday. FHP says they are continuing to investigate the crash that happened on 40th Street SW and Rena Avenue S on march 28. During the initial on-scene investigation, troopers say it was determined that