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A semi truck driver died after rear-ending another semi that was hauling large pieces of timber near Lakeland on Wednesday. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the victim, 44-year-old Gabriel Lorenzo Beauford, was following behind a Mack truck hauling timber on US 98 just before 11 a.m. The Mack truck began to slow down; however, investigators said it appeared that Beauford didn’t realize it and struck the load of timber protruding from the rear of the Mack truck’s trailer. Large pieces of

Photo: San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District The San Carlos Park Fire Department responded to a dump truck on fire on Mass Court on Wednesday night. According to SCPFD, crews were dispatched to a fire at 16560 Mass Court in Lee County at around 9:30 p.m. When crews arrived on scene, they found the cab of a dump truck engulfed in flames. The dump truck was in close proximity to heavy machinery. Crews extinguished the fire and

A Marion County man accused of choking a woman during an argument will spend the next five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of domestic battery by strangulation. Last week, a one-day trial ended with jurors finding 38-year-old K guilty of the battery charge. Immediately following the conviction, a Marion County judge sentenced M to five years in the Florida Department of Corrections. Back on August 12, 2025, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a local

Two elderly residents from Marion County were killed in separate fatal accidents involving a tractor and a lawnmower just two hours and a few miles apart on Wednesday night. The first of the accidents occurred near the intersection of NW 118th Street Road and NW 55th Court Road at around 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, a Ford F-150 was traveling southbound on NW 118th Street Road when the driver, a

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said an 18-year-old died after he was ejected from an overturning vehicle in Hudson on Thursday morning. FHP said a Nissan Xterra, driven by an 18-year-old Hudson man, was traveling northbound on Little Road at around 2:22 a.m. on April 2. South of Fred Street, FHP said the driver lost control of the vehicle, which entered the median, rotated, and overturned several times, ejecting the driver. The driver suffered fatal injuries at the scene of

A home in Lynn Haven caught fire Wednesday afternoon. The City of Panama City, the City of Lynn Haven, and Bay County Fire and Rescue arrived around 1 p.m. at the smoky scene on Wood Valley Road. Flames engulfed the house, with nearly 20 miles per hour winds igniting the fire within. Pops were also heard near the fire; propane bottles were likely the cause of this noise. “We received a call for a residential structure fire on the scene. The

A 4-year-old girl was killed after she was run over by an SUV in a private driveway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The incident happened around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. The girl was standing next to the right rear passenger door of a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse that was parked in the driveway near Robinson Avenue and 13th Street, according to an FHP report. The driver, a 37-year-old Apopka woman, was unaware the child was there and pulled forward, causing the girl

A man from Dunnellon faces assault and battery charges after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say he attacked two strangers in their vehicle. Deputies say 43-year-old Robbie Mikolaj blocked the roadway at Southwest 93rd Lane Road and forced the victims to stop. The driver told deputies Mikolaj attacked her and her 86-year-old stepfather. Deputies say Mikolaj gave them bizarre statements, such as the van the victims were traveling in being “fake.” Your Legal Resource for Personal Injury SupportWhen you’re dealing with

A 73-year-old woman from Williston is dead and a 69-year-old man from Williston is in the hospital after a vehicle crash in Marion County Wednesday night. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the 69-year-old was driving his sedan on US 27, just west of Northwest 168th Avenue in Morriston, at around 8:30 p.m. A 28-year-old man from Ocala was driving a large farm tractor north on US 27 ahead of the sedan. The driver of the sedan rear-ended the farm tractor.

Photo: NBC Miami A driver was airlifted to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 75 in Weston on Thursday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said troopers responded to the crash with injuries in the northbound lanes of I-75 near Glades Parkway. A silver Kia struck a concrete wall, and two other vehicles were damaged in the crash, officials said. A city alert said a vehicle involved was on fire, and Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue was at the scene.

A man from Lee County turned himself in at the Miami Police Department on Tuesday after authorities said he was identified as the suspect in a February hit-and-run that sent a city police officer to the hospital. T M, 33, of Alva, is accused of seriously injuring Officer Daniel Cantero, an MPD motorcycle officer, in a crash on Interstate 195 on Feb. 12. According to an MPD arrest report, Cantero and another driver had “sideswiped each other” just after 11 p.m. near

Rescue crews took a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office motorman to the hospital after he was rear-ended by a pickup truck at a stoplight in Southwest Miami-Dade, leading deputies to temporarily close the busy intersection. 7Skyforce hovered above a heavy presence from MDSO deputies at the corner of Southwest 120th Street and 127th Avenue, early Wednesday afternoon. A motorcycle was seen on its side in the middle of the intersection. Cellphone video later posted on social media by Only in Dade captured