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A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized after being bitten by a dog at their family’s restaurant, Red Rooster Restaurant, on Marco Island. According to the Marco Island Police Department, officers responded to a call of a child being bitten by a dog on San Marco Road around 12:27 p.m. Sunday. Officers met with 3-year-old Ava’s family outside the restaurant, and they saw the girl being carried by her mother with her face covered by a rag. Collier County EMS arrived on

A South Bay man was killed after a crash in Belle Glade on Wednesday. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said the crash happened at the intersection of State Road 80 (Southern Boulevard) and Hatton Highway at around 12:33 p.m. on Nov. 5. According to the crash report, a 2013 Nissan Maxima, driven by 71-year-old George Sandiford of South Bay, failed to stop at a red traffic signal while traveling eastbound on State Road 80. The vehicle collided with

A man shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide at a Hialeah apartment complex on Thursday, according to police. A third woman was airlifted to a trauma center. Authorities responded to a building in the 2500 block of West 67th Place, within the Lago Grande complex, at around 3 p.m. Police said they responded to the complex and forced their way in to find the husband and wife, who share a child,

 A 34-year-old man riding a motorcycle died after a crash in Holiday on Wednesday. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said a vehicle and a motorcycle were approaching Grand Boulevard around 8:45 p.m. The motorcycle was going westbound on Perrine Ranch Road and the vehicle was going eastbound on Sunray Drive. The vehicle was making a left turn onto Grand Boulevard and struck the motorcycle traveling in the other direction, FHP said. The motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital and

The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a hit-and-run driver after a man was seriously injured Wednesday on Interstate 95 in Volusia County. The FHP said a 28-year-old Jacksonville man was standing on the outside shoulder near mile marker 234 around 1:30 a.m. while trying to repair a disabled 2011 tractor-trailer. A semi traveling in the outside lane failed to see the man and struck him on the right side, troopers said. After the collision, the driver fled the scene without stopping, according

A student in Brevard County was arrested after attacking a teacher and then attempting to take a gun away from a school resource deputy, according to officials. Sheriff Wayne Ivey detailed the Tuesday incident, which happened at Gardendale Separate Day School on Merritt Island, in a social media video. According to Ivey, the 15-year-old boy attacked the teacher, and a school resource deputy intervened and took him into custody. It’s not known if the teacher suffered any injuries. The teen then

Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a school bus in Fort Lauderdale Thursday afternoon, officials said. The incident happened around 12:20 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Commercial Boulevard near Interstate 95. Fort Lauderdale Police said no one on the bus was injured. The vehicle that fled the scene was described as a white transit van that has damage to the driver’s side window. Police are investigating and are asking anyone with information to contact the

Photo by: wsvn Authorities have taken two people into custody after a reported hit-and-run led to a pursuit that came to an end in Oakland Park. 7Skyforce hovered above several Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies with the Lauderdale Lakes unit standing on a sidewalk near the intersection Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest 21st Avenue, just west of Interstate 95, at around 12:20 p.m. on Thursday. A dark colored SUV with its driver’s side doors and trunk open was seen next to

Photo by: wsvn A man was killed in what authorities described as a deputy-involved shooting outside a Walmart store in Southwest Miami-Dade. Now his devastated family is speaking out. The man’s father, KB told 7News over the phone that investigators’ account of what unfolded outside the retailer Thursday morning does not align with his son’s character. “He was a good kid,” he said. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the fatal encounter unfolded while a deputy was patrolling the Walmart

 A boat caught fire in Indian Rocks Beach on Thursday. Footage from viewers and WFLA’s news chopper, Eagle 8 HD, showed a 26-foot-long boat engulfed in flames on a lift behind a home. Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue District crews were called to the area between North Indian Rocks Beach and the southern portion of Belleair Beach at 12:20 p.m. They used land-based units and a water unit to fight the fire. Firefighters were concerned that fuel leaked into the water, but

A woman died after crashing into a concrete power pole at a Lake City intersection on Wednesday, the Lake City Police Department said. Officials said at around 1:10 p.m. on North Marion Avenue near the intersection of Northwest Long Street, police found a car with heavy front-end damage resulting from a crash with a concrete power pole. The driver, an 82-year-old woman, was treated on scene and transported by Columbia County Emergency Medical Services to a trauma center, where she

The Brief A person was airlifted to the hospital after a vehicle crash in Hernando County involving a pedestrian on I-75 Wednesday night. According to Hernando County Fire Rescue, at around 11 p.m., crews responded to the crash on northbound I-75 at mile marker 297. All northbound lanes were shut down while the person was flown from the scene. All lanes have since reopened Thursday morning, according to HCFR. How Ovadia Law Group Handles Car Accident Claims At Ovadia Law Group, we