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Credit: Polk County Sheriff’s Office  An 82-year-old man died Friday morning after crashing his motorcycle into a tree in Lakeland. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported that around 12:30 a.m., they received a call from a resident on Fitzgerald Road who heard the crash. According to deputies, the 82-year-old rider was operating his 2005 Honda motorcycle east on Fitzgerald and was approaching the intersection of Francis Pipkin Road when the bike left the road, for unknown reasons, and drove into

DeSoto County deputies are investigating a shooting in the area of NE Tilstra Drive near NE County Road 660 on Friday afternoon. According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and detectives were called to the DeSoto Memorial Hospital after a male with multiple gunshot wounds arrived at the facility. The victim is in stable condition at this time, the sheriff’s office said. A male suspect was taken into custody after investigators responded to the scene of the shooting. DCSO said

Photo by: nbcmiami A 15-year-old girl is critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck in southwest Miami-Dade on Friday, officials said. The incident happened around 3:20 p.m. in the 20400 block of Southwest 127th Avenue. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials confirmed they responded to a call of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian and found an injured teen. Surveillance showed the teenage girl crossing the street when a white pickup truck hit her and dragged her several feet down the

Photo by: (FL511) Eastbound Atlantic Avenue has reopened at Jog Road after a multi-vehicle rollover crash that left seven people injured. According to FL511, the crash happened on Friday at 12:21 p.m. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR), the rollover crash involved two vehicles, with seven patients being transported to local hospitals for their injuries, making it a mass casualty event. Traffic cameras show an SUV on its side facing the opposite direction in the eastbound lanes. Due

he now-former director of a Hialeah daycare is facing a child abuse charge after police said she was caught on camera hitting a 3-year-old boy so hard during a diaper change that she left a mark. Police said the incident happened last Friday. RA, 52, was taken into custody on Thursday at the Hialeah Police Department. She has since been fired from her role at E-Z Daycare and Learning Center at 1325 W. 30th St., owner Natasha Johnson confirmed to

Doral police arrested a 26-year-old woman on two felony charges on Thursday in connection with an Oct. 9 road rage incident. According to police, it started in the area of Northwest 33rd Street and 107th Avenue after a driver honked at a woman, later identified as LT, after she cut him off in a Penske rental truck. Police said that led to a verbal dispute in which T, of northwest Miami-Dade, “brandished a tan-colored handgun and pointed it in his

Photo by: (Hernando County Fire Rescue) One person was sent to a hospital after a fiery crash in Brooksville that involved five cars. The Hernando County Fire Rescue said the five-car pile-up happened at Cortez Boulevard and Winter Street. The crash caused one vehicle to catch fire. Hernando firefighters said they worked quickly to knock down the blaze. Three eastbound lanes, including a turning lane, were blocked as of 11 a.m. Crews said drivers should expect major delays in the

A 46-year-old motorcyclist died Friday morning when he lost control at an intersection and hit the side of a tractor-trailer on New Kings Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, the motorcyclist and the semi driver were both stopped on U.S. 1 (New Kings Road) at a red light at the Trout River Boulevard intersection around 10:30 a.m. Troopers said that when the light turned green, the traffic started moving forward through the intersection, but the motorcyclist lost

A customer at a Polk County McDonald’s was shot during a dispute over being denied service late at night. At around 3 a.m. on Oct. 12, P S, 19, and NJ, 18, were denied service at a McDonald’s in Davenport due to the restaurant being too busy, according to Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrest reports. The pair argued with the drive-thru employee, who was identified as YS, 21, and allegedly told him they would “beat his a**” and wait for

 A man was killed Thursday in a crash on U.S. 301 in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 2 p.m. near Webster. According to troopers, a Ford F-350 was heading north on U.S. 301 when it crossed the center line near County Road 771 and hit a Dodge Grand Caravan, which then struck a Chrysler 300. The Dodge Caravan driver, a 63-year-old Lacoochee man, died at the scene. The other drivers, a 71-year-old Bushnell

The Brief A deadly crash involving an e-bike is under investigation in St. Petersburg. What we know: According to police, a Ford Focus was traveling southbound on 66th Street South around 8 p.m. At the same time, officers said a 46-year-old man was traveling west across 66th St. N. when it entered the path of the Ford Focus and was struck. Investigators say the man on the e-bike was not using the marked crosswalk and did not follow the traffic signal

A 20-year-old Orlando woman was killed Thursday night when her motorcycle crashed on State Road 417 in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal single-vehicle wreck happened around 9:10 p.m. on S.R. 417 north at Lee Vista Boulevard. The FHP said the woman was operating a 2023 Kawasaki Ninja when she lost control of the bike and struck a guardrail. The woman was thrown from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an FHP crash report.