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A man was rushed to a hospital Tuesday morning after being stabbed in Miami, authorities confirmed. According to Miami police, the stabbing was reported at about 8:20 a.m. in the area of West Flagler Street and 12th Avenue. Miami Fire Rescue officials said the 33-year-old man was at an ATM when the stabbing occurred. He was then transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. Miami police said the investigation is ongoing. No other details were immediately released.

 A crash after 10 p.m., reportedly involving a pedestrian on the Howard Frankland Bridge, has left one person dead. The deadly incident happened Monday night, close to Mile Marker 34 along the bridge, prompting the response of emergency crews to the area, according to Pinellas County officials. The deadly crash is blocking traffic along the westbound lanes coming into Pinellas County. One lane of traffic is getting by on the shoulder of the roadway. Pinellas County Fire Rescue crews responded to

Photo by: WFTS Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PSO) said a man was found dead in a vehicle submerged in a lake in Port Richey on Monday. A Ford F150 pickup truck driven by a 64-year-old New Port Richey man was traveling westbound on San Miguel Drive around 1:30 p.m. Officials say the driver, at the intersection of Regency Drive Park, lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason and continued through Lake Lisa Park. The truck struck a fence

A person is in the hospital with life threatening injuries following a shooting in West Palm beach on Monday night, according to the police department. The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD said at about 8:45 p.m. it received a ShotSpotter alert near Erie Place. Upon the officers arrival, WPBPD say, they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound. The individual was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The Emotional Toll of Shooting Accidents Shooting accidents don’t

 Boynton Beach police say someone walked into an office building on Monday afternoon and killed two people. That person then took his own life while being pursued by police soon after. The initial shooting happened along the 2400 block of High Ridge Road just after 4 p.m. while the business was open. Investigators said the victims and suspect knew each other, but were not related. After the shooting, police said a good Samaritan reported a suspicious car and called authorities.

An SUV came to a splashing stop in a Tamarac neighborhood. 7Skyforce hovered high above the scene near Northwest 81st Street and 91st Avenue, Monday evening. “There’s a canal that crosses underneath a roadway here,” said 7Skyforce reporter Ralph Rayburn. “You can see right here all these police cars and fire rescue vehicles.” Authorities shut down the bike lane running along the canal as dive teams worked to pull a man out of the submerged vehicle. The divers jumped into

Photo by: WEAR An RV that was attached to a truck caught on fire Monday evening in McDavid. Escambia County officials says the incident happened on South Century Boulevard and Highway 29 around 6:30 p.m. According to the county, one southbound lane was closed as a result of the incident. The fire looks to have caused major damage to the RV. Fire crews and Florida Highway Patrol were on scene to assist. No one was injured. The cause for the

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a car versus pedestrian crash in Martin County Tuesday morning. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported the crash around 7:26 a.m. A pedestrian was flown to a hospital after being hit by a car near the intersection of Martin Downs Boulevard and Mapp Road in Palm City. Officials advise drivers to expect delays in the area. This incident comes as the sheriff’s office is increasing traffic enforcement in the western part of the county.

Photo by: cbs12  A deadly three-vehicle collision at Warfield Boulevard and Impact Drive has claimed one life and injured two others on Monday, marking the fifth traffic-related fatality in Martin County in just two weeks. This latest tragedy follows a string of deadly crashes in the county. Last week, three people were killed in two separate crashes over the weekend, prompting the Martin County Sheriff’s Office to urge drivers to slow down. Just days later, on January 6, another violent crash near I-95 in

 Fort Walton Beach Police Department officers, along with Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies, arrested a suspect after shots were fired near a school on Monday. According to a FWBPD news release, they received multiple calls about shots being fired near Lovejoy Road and Burnette Avenue. The shots being fired led the Okaloosa Academy Charter School to go into lockdown “within moments,” according to the release. “In a joint effort between Okaloosa County deputies and Fort Walton Beach police officers, the

A man is facing a felony charge and potential deportation after a fatal crash in Miami-Dade’s rural Redland area over the weekend. The wreck happened along Southwest 320th Street, near 202nd Avenue, at around 7:25 p.m. Sunday. Investigators with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said ERC-G, 30, of southwest Miami-Dade, was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Silverado and swerved into the opposite lane, hitting a woman in a Honda Accord. Medics airlifted the victim, whose name and age weren’t listed

Walton County deputies arrested two people this weekend after a street racing crash. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a complaint about reckless driving. Deputies said they were heading to the call when they encountered a vehicle drifting on the corner of West Hewett Road before sliding into a ditch. The driver of the Honda Civic was arrested for street racing, while the passenger was arrested for facilitating social media coverage and was recording the incident. The