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Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at a Fort Myers apartment complex. This occurred at the Sunterra Apartments on Evans Ave. at 10:42 p.m. Sunday. The adult male victim was transported but succumbed to injuries at the hospital. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, the incident appears isolated. They have not made an arrest but seek any tips to be called into the department or Crime Stoppers.  The details of this incident are currently unknown. This is

Photo by: ocala-news A multi-vehicle accident on I-75 in Marion County is causing major congestion along the highway, with the state reporting that traffic is backed up for over 10 miles in the northbound lanes. According to FL511.com, the multi-vehicle crash took place around mile marker 354 in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 just before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. “Left shoulder blocked. Last updated at 06:17 PM. Road Ranger Ahead. Move Over or Slow Down,” reads a statement from

Photo by: ocala-news Interstate 75 in Marion County had heavy traffic this morning after two separate incidents required responses from emergency personnel, with one incident shutting down northbound lanes temporarily. According to Fl511.com, a vehicle caught fire on I-75 north, near the ramp from State Road 326 at around 6:54 a.m. on Monday, October 7. As crews extinguished the fire, lanes were temporarily closed. As a result, traffic reportedly backed up to mile marker 354 for approximately 30 minutes. As

One person was detained after a juvenile was fatally shot in the Hogan’s Creek neighborhood on Saturday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said at 3:56 p.m., they received a report of someone shot on the 700 block of Venus Mars Court. JSO found the juvenile suffering from at least one gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital by the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department where he died. Detectives detained one person and said they don’t know the

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash in Washington County on Sunday. Troopers said the incident happened at 4:21 a.m. on Clayton Road near Gainer Road. According to a news release, a 20-year-old Chipley man was driving west on Clayton Rd when he drifted across the eastbound lane and then off the shoulder. The truck then swerved back onto the roadway drifted across both lanes and began to overturn. Troopers confirmed the driver was not wearing a seat

Photo by: PBCFR Amidst the rain and slippery roads, a single-vehicle rollover crash prompted emergency responders to highlight the critical need for caution during inclement weather. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) stated that they responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at Jog and Hypoluxo Road. Firefighters worked for approximately 10 minutes to safely extricate the driver from the vehicle who was then transported to a local hospital, the report stated. PBCFR noted that,

Photo by: wsvn  It was a slow drive on the Dolphin Expressway in Northwest Miami-Dade Monday morning, after two collisions caused officers to shut down traffic in the area. Both accidents happened on the westbound lanes of State Road 836 at Le Jeune Road around 6a.m. The first crash involved a box truck that overturned. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the driver was transported to Ryder Trauma Center with non-life threatening injuries. The second crash involved a car, a truck,

Two motorcyclists are dead and two other people are injured after a crash on Beach Boulevard Thursday night. Belinda Di Spirito is still coping with the loss of her son, Gabe Di Spirito, not even 24 hours after speaking with him before his untimely death. “Gabe is our baby; we have 3 boys,” said Di Spirito. “Gabe’s our baby. We were on the phone with him right before this happened to meet up for dinner.” According to the Florida Highway

A 15-year-old boy died in a hospital after he was hit by a car while riding his bike at the five-way intersection of Penman Road, Florida Boulevard and Forest Avenue Friday night, according to the Neptune Beach Police Department. Police said the 15-year-old boy was riding his bike home from the Fletcher High School homecoming game and went through the crosswalk on Penman Road when a driver going north hit him. First responders started CPR and used an AED before

Photo by: Corey Arwood / Tcpalm  A Vero Beach man on an electric bicycle died following a two-vehicle crash on State Road 60 just before 5 p.m. Friday, law enforcement officials said. The bicyclist fell to the ground after running over tree limbs in the outside bike lane and was struck by an eastbound sport utility traveling in the adjacent outside lane of State Road 60 east of 79th Avenue, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The SUV was initially

Photo by: @FLFR411 One person died when a car crashed into a palm tree and overturned on eastbound Sunrise Boulevard near Interstate 95 on Sunday afternoon, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. At 4:44 p.m., Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the 2400 block of West Sunrise Boulevard in unincorporated Broward County. Paramedics pronounced the driver deceased on the scene. BSO Traffic Homicide Unit detectives are investigating. The lanes were closed at Interstate 95 after the

A crash completely shut down the Dolphin Expressway westbound on Monday morning. Lanes have since reopened. It happened at around 6 a.m. and shut down all lanes between NW 37th Avenue and LeJeune Road. Lanes reopened at around 8:30 am. Images from the scene appeared to show a rollover crash involving multiple cars, but authorities have not confirmed the circumstances or whether anyone was injured. Traffic was being forced off at NW 37th Avenue. Drivers were advised to take NW