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A 33-year-old man was arrested Sunday by Hialeah police after the man’s nephew accidentally shot himself with his gun, authorities said. According to an arrest report, D J S Jr., of Miami, has temporary custody of the 10-year-old. Police said a Hialeah police officer was dispatched to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale Saturday night following the shooting. According to the report, the boy told the officer that he had gone to a Little Caesars, located at 901 E.

A Plantation house fire that left a beloved doctor dead is being investigated as a possible case of arson, sources with knowledge of the matter tell Local 10 News. Dr. K R died after being pulled from the Dec. 5 fire at her home at 12350 NW 23rd Court in the Plantation Acres neighborhood. R, who ran a family practice clinic in Weston, shared that home with her husband, fellow physician Dr. B M, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Plantation. Police said M was not home

A suspected DUI driver was found passed out behind the wheel in downtown St. Petersburg with two young children in the car, according to an arrest report. St. Pete police found Lucaya Barlow, 37, unconscious with the car still in gear while stopped at a traffic light on Saturday. Officers reported the car previously struck a flexible parking barrier, which was wedged under the vehicle. Barlow showed signs of impairment and a breath alcohol test came back with a 0.145

Investigators say the fire began due to an electrical short in the attic, and the two pets that were unaccounted for did not escape.  This morning a family is left to find another place to live after their home erupted in flames in Panama City. It happened around 8:45 Monday morning on James Avenue in Millville. When Panama City firefighters arrived, flames and smoke were billowing out of the home. According to officials, everyone made it out safely but two

A man died late Friday night after being struck by a vehicle while he was lying in the road. The driver involved in the collision did not stay on the scene, and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) did not include any information about the vehicle. In the report, PBSO did not indicate why the pedestrian, who was identified as J F G-P of Jupiter Farms, was lying in the roadway. PBSO stated deputies responded shortly before midnight to

photo by: NBC2 A California-based youth football and cheer group was among those aboard two airboats that crashed in Ochopee Friday, injuring 24 people. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the crash happened at 3:15 p.m., when a 24-foot Alumitech airboat with one operator and 13 passengers on board and a 25-foot Alumitech airboat with one operator and 20 passengers on board had a head-on collision. At least 24 passengers were injured, according to FWC, and 16 were

 A 26-year-old Orlando woman was arrested early Sunday on DUI charges in connection with a fatal Orange County crash. The deadly wreck happened around 4 a.m. on South Orange Blossom Trail at Skyview Bridge. The FHP said A W was driving a 2016 Lexus IS south on OBT when a woman was crossing the street but was not in a marked crosswalk. The Lexus struck the woman, who was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead,

A man was hospitalized after a shooting at an apartment building in a gated community in Oakland Park Monday morning. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded shortly after 1:30 a.m. to the community in the 4100 block of Northwest 21st Avenue after receiving reports of a shooting. When they arrived, the deputies found a man who’d been shot. Paramedics brought the man to a nearby hospital for treatment. Deputies were seen surrounding and closing off one of the apartment buildings with

A single-vehicle crash Monday morning kills driver, Tampa Police investigate. Officers responded to the 6100 block of North 22nd Street around 6 a.m. regarding the crash. The driver was the only person in the car when it crashed. He was transported to a local hospital where he died, according to TPD. North 22nd Street is closed between East Hanna Avenue and East Idlewild Avenue. Drivers are asked to use alternative routes. This is an ongoing investigation. Car accidents can result

One person died and two were seriously injured in a Sunday night crash on US-19, the Florida Highway Patrol announced. According to FHP, around 7:55 p.m. a Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by a 60-year-old man from Port Richey, was traveling northbound on US-19 north of Seward Drive when a pedestrian walking eastbound entered the path of the motorcycle and was hit. The pedestrian, a 64-year-old Fort Myers Beach man, died at the scene of the crash. Both the driver of

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving two vehicles that has left at least one person injured in Fort Myers. According to FHP, at least one person has been injured following a crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of Daniels Parkway and Treeline Avenue on Sunday afternoon. There is currently a roadblock on the westbound lanes of Daniels Pkwy. WINK News has reached out for more information. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, Ovadia Law Group is here

Two women were killed and four people were injured when a car crashed into an earlier crash scene on Interstate 95 in Broward County late Sunday, authorities said. The crash happened shortly before midnight in the northbound lanes of I-95 north of Atlantic Boulevard. Florida Highway Patrol officials said a Hyundai Elantra and Toyota Corolla had been involved in a minor crash and were stopped in the inside general purpose lane with hazard lights, headlights and tailights on. The two