A dog was killed in a fire on Barbie Lane in North Fort Myers Sunday morning. The property owner, Jaime Cruz, told Gulf Coast News that he rents the trailer out to a man. He said that he was driving on Barbie Lane this morning and saw his trailer burnt to ashes. He said he was never told by the renter about the fire. According to the North Fort Myers Fire Control District, the dog died after a fire broke
An early morning traffic crash turned deadly Saturday. Panama City Beach police responded to a call at around 3:30 a.m. Police say the single-vehicle crash happened in front of Alvin’s Island on Thomas Drive. Early indications show the motorcycle was going eastbound when it struck a curb for an unknown reason and ejected the driver. The driver sustained serious head trauma and was pronounced dead once first responders arrived. The crash is still under investigation, according to Panama City Beach
Photo by: WEAR An investigation is ongoing after a man was shot in the shoulder Saturday afternoon in Escambia County. It happened around 3 p.m. in the 300 block of Brigadier Street near Gulf Beach Highway. According to the sheriff’s office, two men were walking down the street when an argument ensued with a person at a home. That person then reportedly shot one of the men. Deputies say the shooting victim suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder and
A man died early Sunday morning when he lost control on a curve and his truck flipped down an embankment on Gold Star Family Parkway, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The driver was headed south on Gold Star Family Parkway around 4:47 a.m. when he missed a curve about half a mile south of Lannie Road, police said. The truck slid off the west side of the road, flipped down an embankment and landed in the tree line, JSO said.
A 53-year-old Lake City man was hit and killed Saturday night on US 441 in Columbia County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the man was in the southbound lane of US 441 around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when an SUV headed south struck him. They did not say why the man was on the road when he was hit. The 74-year-old driver of the SUV stopped at the scene. She and her 79-year-old male passenger, both from Fort White,
According to the Lake Wales Police Department (LWPD), a motorcyclist died Friday evening in Lake Wales after a head-on collision with a truck, which started a fire that engulfed two vehicles. Police said the crash happened around 5:15 p.m. on Chalet Suzanne Road at the entrance to the WaWa gas station. Investigators said a 2025 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling eastbound when a westbound 2017 Ford F-150 driven by 20-year-old Gary Boyle of Arcadia attempted to turn left into the WaWa,
A child was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Miami on Friday, officials said. The incident happened along Northwest 17th Avenue near Northwest 43rd Street. Miami Police officials said the child was struck by a vehicle and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition. Police haven’t released the child’s age or identity. The vehicle involved stayed at the scene, and the incident was being investigated. Your Pedestrian Accident Legal Advocates At Ovadia Law Group,
A man is accused of threatening to kill his wife and children, hitting multiple cars, and barricading himself inside his home Thursday night. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded at 9:57 p.m. to a report of a crash near Piper Boulevard involving a vehicle that struck several parked cars and a building. When deputies arrived, they were told the driver had run away and was inside a nearby home. The CCSO said deputies responded to a disturbance
An 18-year-old man who confessed to shooting a teenage boy over his $150 chain was at the Broward County Main Jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, and he faced seven charges in a capital life case, records show. TL Jr. confessed to shooting the teen who was walking home on Oct. 13 in Margate, according to a police arrest report. Surveillance video recorded it from 527 South Rock Island Road, according to police. L told a detective that his cousin
A 54-year-old man accused of using a machete to injure a man’s head and wrist was behind bars on Friday in Miami-Dade County without bond. Police officers responded to the fight shortly after 4:30 a.m., on Aug. 10, at the Northside Commons, at 8301 NW 27 Ave., in Miami-Dade’s West Little River area. There were several witnesses in a third-floor apartment when TJ and the victim allegedly got into an argument over a stolen gun, records show. During the fight,
A two-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and side-by-side, also known as a UTV (utility task vehicle), on Immokalee Road sent two teenagers to the hospital Thursday night. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 10 p.m. The driver and passenger of the side-by-side were both 16 years old, and the driver of the pickup truck was 28 years old, FHP said. FHP said the crash is under investigation. Why Experience Matters in Car Accident Cases Car
A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on State Road 46 in Seminole County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck happened around 9:50 a.m. on State Road 46 at Swamp Lane near Geneva. The FHP said the 19-year-old Geneva man was riding a 2012 Harley-Davidson west on S.R. 46, and a 2016 Kia Sedona driven by a 43-year-old Sanford woman was stopped on the road, facing west at the intersection of Swamp Lane.