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Photo: NorthEscambia Five people were seriously injured in a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Monday morning south of Walnut Hill, shutting down Highway 97 for hours. The Florida Highway Patrol says a Nissan Rogue driven by a 23-year-old man from McDavid was traveling north on Highway 97 about a half mile south of Howell Road when he crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a southbound GMC Sierra pickup truck driven by a 37-year-old man from Uriah, Alabama, at

A Lakeland woman is dead, and a 9-year-old girl was injured in a fiery crash on Interstate 4 in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. Sunday on the eastbound I-4 exit ramp near Daryl Carter Parkway at mile marker 70. According to an FHP report, a 44-year-old Lakeland woman was in a Honda Accord on I-4 approaching the exit for Daryl Carter Parkway when they believe she had a medical episode. That’s

Photo: WKMG  A 15-year-old girl was killed, and a 13-year-old was injured after an ATV overturned in Osteen, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. B, 15, was driving a 2021 Honda Pioneer 700 on Pell Road, just south of Ashby Way, around noon Sunday, when she lost control, ran off the road, and overcorrected. The ATV overturned on its left side, ejecting B. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the traffic report. The 13-year-old passenger was taken

Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a hit-and-run driver after they said a 76-year-old Orlando man was struck and killed by multiple vehicles. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. Monday on S. Apopka Vineland Road near Palm Parkway. According to an FHP report, the pedestrian was walking westbound and entered the southbound lanes of S. Apopka Vineland outside of a marked crosswalk. A 2015 Nissan Altima, driven by a 57-year-old Orlando man, struck the pedestrian with its front right

Photo: CBS12 A 66-year-old Miami man driving a box truck was killed Monday after the vehicle overturned on Florida’s Turnpike in St. Lucie County. The crash happened near mile marker 166 in unincorporated St. Lucie County. FHP said the truck was traveling north in the outside lane when, for reasons still under investigation, it partially entered the outside paved shoulder before re-entering the travel lanes and overturning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The truck then collided with a guardrail on the

A motorcyclist was killed Monday in a crash at Bird and Red roads, just outside of Coral Gables, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. when the driver of a Hyundai Sonata going westbound on Southwest 40th Street, also known as Bird Road, turned onto 57th Avenue, also known as Red Road, in front of the biker, causing him to T-bone the sedan and fall from his Kawasaki. Lt. Alex Camacho, an FHP spokesperson,

Photo: Wsvn One person is dead and two people were hospitalized after a crash that damaged a power pole in Sunrise. The incident happened at 2500 North University Drive. According to Sunrise Fire Rescue officials, the 3 occupants were transported to Broward Health Medical Center as trauma alerts. Sunrise police later said that one of the injured people, an adult man, was pronounced deceased. The crash damaged the power pole and temporarily shut off electricity to thousands of residents. Fire

Photo: (WSVN) One person was hospitalized and multiple people were detained after a shooting that followed the breakup of a fight in Fort Lauderdale, police said. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, the incident happened on Southwest Third Avenue, near Southwest Second Street, early Sunday morning. Investigators said officers were in the area to stop a fight when they heard a gunshot. Officers quickly detained multiple people and recovered a firearm at the scene. Afterward, a man arrived at Plantation General

Photo: (WSVN) A fire was extinguished inside a home in Margate, after it caused major damage inside the home and caused fire rescue crews to respond. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon along Southwest 62nd Terrace. 7News cameras captured fire rescue trucks outside the home, with the interior damaged. There has been no word on what caused the fire, or if anyone was hurt. Personalized Legal Support for Fire Accident CasesEvery fire accident case is unique, which is why Ovadia

Photo: WSVN Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews extinguished a blaze inside a boat in Fort Lauderdale. The blaze happened on a 165-foot yacht at a marina off State Road 84. According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials, firefighters found smoke inside the boat, and worked their way down into the engine room to put out the flames. One firefighter suffered minor injuries and was sent to the hospital as a precaution. The firefighter was later discharged and sent home, according

Photo: (WSVN) A City of Miami Police motorcycle officer was rushed to the hospital after a crash on the Florida Turnpike in Southwest Miami-Dade. The crash happened early Saturday morning on the southbound lane near the Bird Road exit. 7News cameras captured the officer being taken into HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, and Miami Police officials said that he sustained possible arm and leg fractures. Traffic cameras captured a large multi-agency response with cars backed up on the roadway, with Miami-Dade

Photo: WSVN Crews put out an apartment fire in Northwest Miami-Dade that, officials said, left one person dead. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of the two-alarm blaze in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and 103rd Street, at around 6:30 a.m. on Monday. Officials said an apartment on the third floor was fully engulfed in flames. Deputies evacuated the residents were evacuated. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene and were able to knock down the