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Photo: Nbc A car crashed into a home and may have hit a gas line in Northwest Miami-Dade on Wednesday, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they received a call of “an explosive alert” following reports of the crash. Video shows a white SUV that appeared to have plowed through bushes before it hit the side of a home, leaving behind a gaping hole in the wall. No injuries were reported, officials said, and the gas company was notified. Your

Photo: WPLG A man was taken into custody Wednesday morning following a car crash in Margate, authorities confirmed. According to Margate police, the crash occurred in the 5400 block of West Atlantic Boulevard. Police said the suspect crashed his vehicle and then fled the scene. According to authorities, the suspect was captured a short time later and it was discovered that he had active arrest warrants for narcotics-related charges. The suspect’s identity was not immediately released and it’s unclear whether

Photo: WPLG Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide detectives are investigating a single-vehicle crash that they said left a man dead early Wednesday in northwest Miami-Dade. Authorities said the crash happened just after 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 17th Avenue in the county’s Westview area. Deputies arrived to find the vehicle engulfed in flames, authorities said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighters extinguished the fire, but the driver, who was the vehicle’s sole occupant, was pronounced dead

Photo: (Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue) Firefighters responded to the scene of a commercial building fire Wednesday morning on Fort Lauderdale Beach, first responders confirmed to Local 10 News. According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials, the fire was reported just before 7 a.m. at a two-story commercial building along the 3000 block of East Las Olas Boulevard. Firefighters said crews arrived in under five minutes and found smoke coming from the roof area. “Firefighters entered the structure to find smoke

The Florida Highway Patrol says a 44-year-old man died after being hit by a tractor-trailer on I-95 in St. Johns County. The crash blocked lanes on the interstate near mile marker 303 for several hours on July 16. Troopers say a 42-year-old Miami man in a tractor-trailer was driving southbound on I-95 in the right lane around 10 a.m. on July 16. The 44-year-old man, who is from Longwood, Florida, was walking along the right shoulder of the southbound lanes when troopers

Photo: WWSB. An investigation is underway of a major crash on I-75 northbound, just past Sumter Blvd. The crash happened around 4:10, Tuesday afternoon, and involved a large truck striking the overpass bridge of Ponce De Leon Blvd. The truck also struck a marked police cruiser. FHP confirms the Department of Transportation has been called in to provide an assessment of any damage done to the overpass. A right lane is blocked just beyond Sumter Blvd on I-75 north, with

Photo: (FDOT) A major multi-vehicle crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Palm Beach County is causing significant delays Tuesday morning, with backups stretching into Martin County. According to Florida 511, the crash is affecting the southbound lanes of the turnpike from before mile marker 125 at Bridge Road to before mile marker 117 at Indiantown Road. The right lane is blocked as emergency crews respond to the scene. The incident was first reported at 9:40 a.m. and remained active as of the latest Florida 511

Photo: (St. Johns County Fire Rescue) Multiple people were rescued from a retention pond on Sunday after their vehicle went into the water during a crash on I-95 in St. Johns County, firefighters said. According to SJC Fire Rescue, around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, firefighters responded to a two-vehicle crash on I-95 northbound near Mile Marker 305. One of the vehicles ended up in a retention pond, and before emergency crews arrived, off-duty Engineer C, along with several courageous bystanders,

Photo: WPLG  A pedestrian was killed and a driver was injured in a crash at a bus stop Tuesday afternoon in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. BSO officials said deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue medics responded to a crash that occurred shortly before 1 p.m. in the 1000 block of U.S. 1. Authorities said a preliminary investigation found that a driver struck a pedestrian who was on a sidewalk. They said deputies pronounced the pedestrian, who

Photo: WJHG Newsroom A 67-year-old man from Altha died in a crash on Highway 231 on Tuesday morning. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 231 and Harrington Road. A green Nissan Frontier carrying two passengers pulled off Harrington Road into the path of an oncoming semi on Highway 231. Troopers said the driver of the Frontier did not yield to traffic when he pulled off Harrington Road. The front of the semi crashed into the left side of

The Brief A man accused of stabbing a rideshare driver who refused to give him a ride was arrested Monday, according to Orlando police. M, 32, faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder. Officers responded Monday morning to an area near East Marks Street and Kenilworth Terrace after receiving reports of a stabbing. The rideshare driver told officers that he had just dropped off a ride when a man—later identified as M—-approached the vehicle and asked for a ride, according

The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for the driver of a vehicle accused of striking an 11-year-old boy riding an electric scooter before leaving the scene Sunday afternoon in Orange County. According to FHP, the crash happened along the 14000 block of East Colonial Drive near Waterford Lakes. Eleven-year-old J said he was riding his e-scooter to a nearby Family Dollar to get a snack when he was hit near the entrance to a pet boarding business. “I look up