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Photo by: ocala-news An accident near the intersection of County Road 484 and Interstate 75 has caused traffic congestion in the area on Monday morning. Florida Highway Patrol and Marion County Fire Rescue personnel responded to reports of a traffic accident near the popular interchange at around 6:03 a.m. on Monday, November 10. Although details are currently limited on the extent of the accident and any related injuries, the incident has caused congestion along the westbound lanes of CR 484.

The Brief A Dunedin High School student struck by another teen driver while riding his bike nearly three weeks ago died Sunday afternoon, according to deputies.  The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Viktor Rakaj, 15, was originally sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after the crash, which happened on October 22.  The backstory: Deputies with PCSO’s major accident investigation team said Rakaj was riding his bicycle just after 7:15 a.m. north on New York Avenue approaching Main Street when the crash

A 21-year-old Lakeland man on motorcycle has died after reportedly lane splitting between vehicles on U.S. Highway 98 on Saturday. Lakeland Police Department (LPD) said the crash happened near the 700 block of U.S. Highway 98 South around 11 a.m. LPD said a Kawasaki motorcycle was lane splitting when it hit the side mirror of a silver Toyota, veered into the outside lane and struck the rear of a Jeep. The motorcyclist, Blake Scott, was taken to the hospital but

 Miami Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck in a crash on Monday morning. Detectives responded to the area near Northwest 25th Avenue and 20th Street. Officers arrived to find an adult male who was alert at the scene. He was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. His condition is currently unknown. The driver involved remained on scene and is cooperating with investigators. Why You Need a Pedestrian Accident Lawyer If you’ve been injured in a pedestrian

A man was detained by Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies after he was suspected of shooting his wife on Monday. SCSO deputies were called to the 4500 block of Ottawa Trail at 10:08 a.m. They found a woman who was shot and remained conscious. She was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for treatment. A rifle was found on the ground in the outside parking area. SCSO said the suspect, her husband, was detained by deputies. Deputies searched the area for

A man is accused of DUI after crashing into a “Do Not Enter” sign in Cape Coral on Sunday. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Southwest Pine Island Road at around 3:19 a.m. CCPD said that once on the scene, officers learned from Lee County Emergency Medical Services that a Ford Bronco, driven by Kevin Jones, 45, crashed into a “Do Not Enter” sign in the

A bicyclist was killed after a crash with a pickup truck in Charlotte County on Monday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 9 a.m. on southbound Duncan Road at Calle Bonito. A black Ford pickup truck and a bicyclist were involved in the crash, which left the cyclist dead. FHP said the bicyclist was an 85-year-old woman from Punta Gorda. The driver of the pickup truck remained at the scene while deputies placed evidence markers

A 22-year-old man was arrested over the weekend following a road rage shooting in Cutler Bay, authorities confirmed. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the shooting occurred at about 11:40 p.m. along U.S. 1 near Caribbean Boulevard. Deputies said four victims were initially heading north on Southwest 112th Avenue, approaching U.S. 1, when a black, four-door sedan pulled up in front of their vehicle and stopped. According to the report, the sedan didn’t move for several minutes,

 More than six months after a woman was battered outside of a nightclub in Downtown Miami, detectives arrested a 27-year-old suspect. A woman told detectives she was at Mama Tried, at 207 NE 1 St., to celebrate a friend’s birthday on April 27, when she walked out to answer her phone and a man she didn’t know targeted her. JR first “grabbed” the woman’s butt without her permission and later punched her in the face with “a closed fist,” according

Twin 4-year-old boys were shot and critically wounded Saturday inside their Orange County home, resulting in the arrest of their parents, according to sheriff’s officials. The shooting was reported around 2 p.m. after the shooting took place at a home in the 8300 block of Calais Circle, northeast of Lake Underhill Drive and Chickasaw Trail, east of the city of Orlando. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to AdventHealth East for a report of two boys suffering from gunshot wounds. Deputies

A small plane crashed into a body of water behind a home in Coral Springs, and it’s unclear whether or not anyone survived, authorities said. Coral Springs Police and Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Rescue said crews responded to an aircraft emergency along the 5500 block of Northwest 57th Terrace, off Wiles Road, at around 10:20 a.m. on Monday. Multiple fire rescue and technical rescue units were dispatched to the scene. Investigators said divers went in the water but did not find

FHP, federal agencies investigating cause of deadly crash A St. Augustine stunt pilot who was beloved in the local aviation community died Saturday when his plane crashed at Keystone Airport. A social media post by the St. Augustine Airport identified the pilot as 46-year-old W. C., “an exceptional aerobatic pilot, talented mechanic, and dear friend to so many in the aviation community.” P. W. a stunt pilot who runs a flight school in St. Augustine, was friends with C. Wagstaff