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A teen driver is facing “adult consequences” after Tampa police said he crashed into traffic on I-275 last week and then fled the scene when a motorcycle officer tried to get him to stop. The Tampa Police Department released bodycam video of the Aug. 26 incident on Monday, saying members of the department’s motor unit “had a dangerously close call with a reckless driver in his mid-teens.” A motorcycle officer said he motioned at the teen, who was in a

Photo: Wink A head-on crash on Cemetery Road near Buckingham has left one man dead and five other people hospitalized, and for the neighbors who live along the two-lane road, the tragedy confirmed a fear many say they have carried for years. The road, they argue, has grown dangerous, and Wednesday evening it turned deadly. The Florida Highway Patrol says a westbound Nissan Kicks crossed the center line near the intersection with Dana Road and collided head-on with an eastbound

Photo: IONTB A 55-year-old Seminole woman was arrested Saturday night after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say she crashed a Honda onto a large rock and later registered breath-alcohol readings above Florida’s legal limit. According to an arrest affidavit, a trooper was dispatched at approximately 7:01 p.m. on August 29, 2026, to a crash in the 9400 block of Hamlin Boulevard in Seminole. Upon arrival, the trooper reported finding a red Honda stuck on top of a large rock. The driver,

Photo: iontb A St. Petersburg woman is facing multiple charges after Florida Highway Patrol says she fled in her Hyundai Somata during an attempted traffic stop on U.S. 19, drove at high speeds through traffic and red lights, and later crashed into another motorist on Interstate 275. W, 31, was arrested on August 28, 2026, and charged with reckless driving, attempting to elude a police officer, and aggravated fleeing or eluding involving a crash and injury, according to Pinellas County

Photo: Google Street View Westbound Interstate 595 near University Drive in Davie ground to a halt early Sunday morning after a deadly crash blocked lanes and triggered a lengthy investigation. The wreck left the highway partially shut down during the morning commute, snarling one of Broward County’s busiest east-west arteries. According to CBS News Miami, the fatal crash remains under investigation, with westbound lanes closed near University Drive in Davie as crews worked the scene. Florida Highway Patrol live incident records

Broward Sheriff’s detectives are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a father of five and abandoned his body near Fairview Park in Pompano Beach. Detectives discovered the body of K on Sunday morning. Detectives report they currently have no suspects or witnesses in the case. Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. For P, the victim’s mother, the circumstances of her son’s death are devastating. “The way it happened, how it happened, and

A 51-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly fled a two-vehicle crash that caused injuries at a Boca Raton intersection, then later contacted police and turned himself in, according to a Boca Raton police affidavit. V, of West Palm Beach, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, a third-degree felony, and driving with a license that had been expired for more than six months, police said. He was taken to Boca Raton Regional Hospital for

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman accused of shooting and killing her live-in boyfriend during an argument. Bradford County Sheriff’s deputies detained J, 42, in connection with the death of W, 41, on Monday morning. Authorities responded to a home on Meadows Drive in Starke around 5:30 a.m. after a 911 caller reported that J, the caller’s mother, had killed W, her boyfriend. When deputies arrived, J said, “It’s me, and we have been fighting for the last days.” They found

A well-known South Florida surgeon was rushed to the hospital after he was hit by a driver while riding a bicycle on the Rickenbacker Causeway, according to Miami Police and family members. The crash happened on at around 8:30 a.m. Saturday at 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway. Police said they responded to a traffic crash involving both a vehicle and a cyclist. The cyclist was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Family members on Monday identified him as Dr. B, an orthopedic surgeon

A 74-year-old Hollywood man was arrested after he intentionally set another person on fire, police said. M was arrested Friday night on charges of attempted murder and attempted solicitation and conspiracy, an arrest report said. The report said investigators responded and found the victim, who suffered second-degree burns to the back of his head and around his neck, his upper back and right arm and hand. While speaking with an officer, M “spontaneously stated that he had lit the victim

Photo: Cherney Amhara/NBC6 Police are looking for a man who stabbed another man at a bus stop outside the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, officials said. The two men had been involved in an argument at the bus stop before one pulled out a knife and slashed the other’s arm, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said crews responded and transported the victim to a local hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Officers were

A 28-year-old man was arrested Sunday after leaving his two children unattended on a street corner in Doral after driving erratically and crashing his car into a tree, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the Doral Police Department, the suspect was identified as S. Police said officers were notified around 4:25 p.m. about two children who had been left alone near Northwest 114th Avenue and Northwest 50th Street. When officers arrived, they found a 5-year-old boy and 14-year-old