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raffic was delayed after a car collided with a guard rail along I-75 northbound in Collier County Monday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene near Mile Marker 87 in Immokalee around 8:15 a.m. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office, along with rescue crews, also responded to the scene. Florida Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed northbound traffic being reduced to one lane. The scene has since cleared. FHP said no one was injured as a result of this

A Frostproof woman is facing multiple charges after she punched a man and hit him with a garden hoe, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. MD, 47, was reportedly supposed to “hang out” with the man during the evening of Feb. 11, but he said he wouldn’t be able to make it. At around 3:00 a.m., officials say D went to the man’s house and yelled at him out by his fence before climbing over it. She then pushed through

Deputies in Pasco County are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting that left one person dead in the Wesley Chapel area.  It happened just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday near Old Pasco Road and Dayflower Boulevard. Investigators say a man was found dead at the scene and is believed to have been shot by another man. The suspect reportedly ran away from the area before law enforcement arrived. Deputies say this is an isolated incident, and there is no threat to

An Orlando man was killed and another man was injured early Monday in a rear-end crash on Orange Blossom Trail in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 12:20 a.m. near Hunter’s Creek Boulevard. According to a crash report, a 2025 Volkswagen Atlas was speeding south on OBT and failed to stop for a 2012 Mazda 3 that was stopped at a traffic signal. The Volkswagen collided with the back of the Mazda, troopers said.

 A Florida deputy was hospitalized after a driver making a U-turn struck his motorcycle on Saturday. According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was traveling eastbound toward the Speedway in Daytona Beach on his agency motorcycle. Another driver made a U-turn on International Speedway Boulevard and pulled out in front of the deputy’s motorcycle at Roosevelt Boulevard. Officials said the deputy was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. “Very thankful his injuries weren’t worse,” the sheriff’s office

 A hit-and-run in Winter Haven leaves a person dead, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Deputies and Polk County Fire Rescue were dispatched around 2:29 a.m. on Monday to Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven. According to PCSO, a 63-year-old man died Monday after being hit by a vehicle at 3305 Spirit Lake Road, near Winter Haven. The victim was walking or standing in the northbound lane on Spirit Lake Road when he was hit. According to deputies, the

Drivers encountered a traffic mess along the Julia Tuttle Causeway on Sunday morning. All westbound lanes were shut down early Sunday due to a crash. It occurred just before Biscayne Boulevard around 5 a.m. Traffic was a mess for hours afterwards. Police have yet to provide any information on the circumstances of what led up to the crash. There has been no word on if anyone was injured.  Expert Legal Representation for Car Accident Victims At Ovadia Law Group, we

An investigation is ongoing after a fatal crash in Miami-Dade County. It happened Sunday near the intersection of Northwest 56th Street and 32nd Avenue. According to deputies, a man riding a motorcycle and his female passenger were both killed after being struck by a vehicle. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue rushed to the scene and pronounced both deceased. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and was detained pending the investigation. Authorities have not released the identities of the victims.

Two men were injured in a Sunday morning shooting in Orange County, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies said they responded to the 800 block of Piedmont Wekiwa Road in regards to a shooting around 8:20 a.m. According to a news release, deputies located a man in his 30 who has been shot. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Deputies said another man in his 30s drove himself to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No

A man was injured on Sunday afternoon after accidentally shooting himself at the Florida Mall, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies told News 6 that around 3 p.m., deputies responded to the Florida Mall in response to an “accidental discharge.” Upon arrival, deputies found a man in his 20s who had accidentally shot himself while adjusting his firearm, investigators added. The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies said there

The Broward County Sheriff’s office is investigating after a man was shot and killed in a Pompano Beach neighborhood. It happened shortly before 1 a.m. at a home on Northwest Sixth Street and Seventh terrace. According to investigators, the man was shot at the scene and later died at a local hospital. Deputies are still searching for the person responsible, they said. Around 9 a.m. Sunday, Local 10 crews spotted BSO’s SWAT team on the scene along with an ambulance

A man accused of shooting two people he identified as Palestinians 17 times in Miami Beach on Saturday night was arrested on attempted murder charges, police said. MB, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder, an arrest report said. According to the arrest report, surveillance video in the 4800 block of Pine Tree captured B’s car going southbound on Pine Road and then making a U-turn at 48th Street where a vehicle with two victims was stopped