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 A multiple-vehicle crash with injuries on I-95 South in Fort Pierce is blocking lanes on Tuesday morning. Florida 511 reported the crash at Mile Marker 139 at 4:09 a.m. In the latest update at 6:08 a.m., officials said that the right lane has been blocked. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that the crash involved injuries. Why Immediate Legal Action Matters Time is critical after a car accident. Florida law imposes strict deadlines for filing personal injury claims, and waiting too

A fatal crash shut down three southbound lanes on Florida’s Turnpike near Sweetwater early Tuesday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash involving a white Ford pickup truck and a semi-truck occurred at about 12:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes near the exit to Northwest 12th Street. “The Ford collided into the rear of a Semi truck at a high rate of speed,” an FHP spokesperson said in an email to Local 10 News. “The Ford then collided into

 Two people are in critical condition after a crash involving an ambulance in Haines City. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash involving an ambulance and a truck on Monday night around 8:30 p.m. According to deputies, three people were inside the ambulance: the driver and two passengers. All three were taken to a local hospital, where the two passengers are in critical condition, and the driver was treated and released. The driver of the truck was also

 A Miramar Beach man is facing multiple charges after a violent incident that involved a civil process clerk over the weekend. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, STW, 60, is charged with robbery, assault, battery, obstruction, and criminal mischief after an investigation at a home in Miramar Beach on Friday. Deputies went to a home on Mandevilla Lane on Saturday after a fight was reported. When they arrived, deputies spoke with the victim, who was a civil process server.

Englewood Area fire crews responded to a garage fire and saved a dog on Monday. According to the Englewood Area Fire Control District, crews responded to a house fire on Fairway Drive in Rotonda in the afternoon. When crews arrived, they discovered a garage fire and quickly worked to contain it and keep it from spreading, Englewood Fire said. Additionally, a firefighter located the family dog, named Charlie, in a crate on the back porch. The crate was right beside

The Brief Authorities in Brevard County are searching for a driver who fled on foot after a violent crash in Titusville on Sunday afternoon. The impact split a car in half and scattered debris across a busy roadway. What we know: Titusville police are actively searching for an unknown driver involved in an accident on Sunday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. It happened on Hopkins and Knox McRae in Titusville.  Witnesses say they heard a car speeding down the street before the driver

A Spring Hill man is accused of killing a 12-week-old kitten during a domestic dispute, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). Deputies said they responded to a home on Lightwood Street around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 6 after reports of battery. The victim told deputies that during an argument, her live-in boyfriend, CL, became physically aggressive, pushed her into a bathroom, and then threw the kitten to the ground before stomping it to death. Animal Services took possession

Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) announced Monday a driver is dead after deputies said the driver fled a hit-and-run in Lakeland on Sunday night. PCSO said it is investigating a single vehicle crash following a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of the fleeing driver and leaving the passenger in critical condition. According to PCSO, the crash happened around 9 p.m. Dec. 7 on County Line Road at Swindell Road in Lakeland. A witness reported a black Mercedes Benz sedan

 Fort Lauderdale police officers said they arrested a woman at a hospital after she assaulted a staff member. According to police, an off-duty officer responded to a call from Broward Health Medical Center staff after a patient had locked herself in a bathroom. Police said an officer escorted the patient, who has been identified as 24-year-old AS, back to her room. Once in the room, a doctor arrived to inform her she was being Baker Acted, and police said that’s

Police arrested a Coral Springs man on an attempted murder charge Sunday after they said he tried to beat his 82-year-old mother to death with a frying pan and smother her. An arrest report states that KEW, 53, said he “intended to kill his mother due to her early dementia and need for constant assistance.” Court records show W lives in the 10300 block of Northwest 29th Street, though the incident location is redacted from the report. Investigators said the

 A driver was injured after a small plane crash-landed on I-95 Monday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the plane, which had two people onboard, struck a vehicle as it was making an emergency landing on the interstate. The crash happened near King Street in Brevard County. Photos showed a vehicle with heavy damage to its rear bumper, roof and back windows. The plane could be seen resting on top of a barrier separating the south and northbound

There is an active investigation into a deadly shooting on Abscott Street in Port Charlotte Monday night. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office confirmed they are investigating. Deputies said it was an isolated incident and everyone is accounted for. Gulf Coast News is at the scene. There are multiple CCSO vehicles there, and crime scene tape can be seen in the area. Neighbors told Gulf Coast News they heard more than five shots, and that one of them performed CPR before