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A Villager was facing a long difficult recovery after being knocked from a golf cart struck by a hit-and-run driver. Roseanna Diiuro suffered a traumatic brain injury, 14 broken ribs, a broken clavicle, a broken scapula, punctured lungs requiring chest tubes to drain the blood, and other extensive internal trauma in the hit-and-run crash that occurred March 31 in the Village of Hillsborough. It was our No. 7 story in 2025. Villager NN, 75, is facing a felony charge of hit

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando One person was sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after an apartment fire, according to Orange County Fire Rescue. Officials said the fire was reported on the second floor of the apartment located on Napiers Circle. According to OCFR, one patient was transported to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, although the age of the person was not provided. Officials said that the Red Cross was requested for three adults, one child, and two dogs,

Crews from the Fort Myers Fire Department are battling a house fire on Cranford Avenue in Fort Myers. A person that was inside the home told Gulf Coast News that an air-conditioning unit caught on fire. According to the FMFD, the fire was reported to be on the roof. No injuries have been reported. The department says that the fire appears to be under control, and that the cause of the fire is still unknown. This is a developing story

Photo by: Photo by: FOX 4  A construction truck ended up halfway submerged in a Cape Coral canal Tuesday morning. Chris Eriksen returned home from New York to find the unexpected sight behind his house on Northeast 12th Court and Northeast 3rd Terrace, where a home is under construction. “I did not know when you knocked on my door and told me there was something in the canal. I had no idea what you were talking about,” Eriksen said. The

The driver of an electric scooter died on Tuesday after a crash with a Tesla in Miami Shores, according to authorities and video of the scene. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said traffic homicide detectives responded to the scene at North Miami Avenue and Northeast 103rd Street and assumed the investigation before 10 a.m. “The preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle and a scooter were involved in a traffic crash,” authorities said. The driver of the scooter did not survive. Their

 A 28-year-old man was arrested this past weekend after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman and then kidnapping her moments after allegedly attacking her boyfriend in Miami Beach, authorities said. Miami Beach police identified the suspect as AJLI. Police said I approached a couple from California near the 900 block of Ocean Drive just after 5:30 a.m. Sunday as they were leaving the Voodoo Lounge & Rooftop. They said I, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report,

 A man was arrested Tuesday after being accused of attacking a teenage girl outside a residence in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said. Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said they responded to the area of Northwest 85th Place. When deputies arrived, they spoke with the victim’s mother who said 18-year-old YMC came to a home in the area and began attacking her daughter. The victim’s father told deputies that he saw MC walking around the home looking for his daughter before

A nurse was arrested Tuesday after authorities said she assaulted a coworker, damaged property, and resisted law enforcement at an assisted living facility in Miami-Dade. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as 29-year-old BBR-L Jail records show R-L is facing multiple charges, including grand theft, battery, criminal mischief, resisting an officer without violence, and two counts of assault on a first responder. Her arrest report states that the incident occurred at Norita Adult Family Care, located at 11971 SW

A Leesburg woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing a man who was giving a friend money on Christmas Day. A deputy spoke with the victim of a stabbing at UF Health Leesburg Hospital, located at 600 E Dixie Ave., at around 12:35 p.m. Thursday, Christmas Day, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. He had gone to the residence of 43-year-old TEPon Laralack Avenue in Leesburg to speak with a friend when the battery happened. The

Police are investigating a fatality involving a pedestrian and train in West Palm Beach early Wednesday morning. The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) said that officers responded to a train and pedestrian incident near Parker Avenue and Caroline Street around 5:10 a.m. At the scene, officers said the person was discovered near the train tracks and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the investigation is ongoing. Ovadia Law Group – Your Train Accident Legal Advocate Train accidents

Courtesy: St. Petersburg Fire Rescue The Brief More than 100 firefighters worked to put out a fire at a St. Petersburg commercial storage facility on Tuesday afternoon. What we know: The fire started around 3 p.m. at Ocal Storage, located at 3160 Morris Street North in St. Petersburg. St. Pete Fire Rescue told FOX 13 that nobody was in the building when they arrived. The storage facility has a total of 30 units, with 15 in the front and 15 in the

A local woman claims she sustained serious injuries to her head after she slipped and fell on a liquid substance while she was shopping at an ALDI in Marion County. Attorneys representing Robin Joy Bednarcik filed the lawsuit against ALDI Inc. on December 12 in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County. The incident allegedly occurred on February 5, at the ALDI located at 11223 N. Williams St., Ste O, in Dunnellon. According to the complaint, Bednarcik, who lives