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Police in Miami are investigating a shooting. It happened Tuesday night around 8:15 p.m. in the area of Northwest 13th Avenue and 60th Street. According to police, officers responded to the scene after receiving a call regarding a person who had been shot. Upon arrival, officers said they found a man, approximately 19 years old, who was suffering from at least one apparent gunshot wound. The victim was rushed to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital by Miami

Officers say a 43-year-old Port St. Lucie man was struck and killed Tuesday morning by a semi-truck on Interstate 95. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, the Freightliner semi-truck was driving south in the center lane of I-95 at 10:15 a.m. when it passed a stalled vehicle on the west shoulder. The man began walking from the shoulder into the path of the Freightliner for reasons yet to be determined, according to the report. The man was transported

An 11-year-old has been hospitalized after getting hit by a car in Hernando County, troopers said. The Florida Highway Patrol said at 3:39 p.m., the girl had just gotten off a school bus and was walking north along Eskimo Curlew Road north of Osprey Avenue. The child was on an “unpaved and unmarked road edge” when a 65-year-old Brooksville woman hit the girl with her Toyota Corolla. According to troopers, the child suffered serious injuries and was taken to a

The eastbound turn lane of Brandon Boulevard is closed due to a crash involving a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. According to HCSO, the crash occurred at 2:46 a.m. at the 300 block of East Brandon Boulevard. Deputies confirmed injuries were reported. Car accidents can leave you feeling vulnerable and uncertain about the future. Ovadia Law Group is here to provide the support and legal guidance you need to move forward. Our attorneys are well-versed in car accident law and

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office issued an urgent winter traffic advisory on Wednesday warning residents of dangerous ice conditions across the county. The Sheriff’s Office said severe ice accumulation on roads and bridges has already caused several crashes. A major crash with injuries was reported at 6:30 a.m. on I-95 South and right lanes were blocked. The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) / Shave Bridge reopened at 3:15 a.m. after a brief closure but cars will be escorted by Sheriff’s Office vehicles

Two people died after three vehicles, including a truck, collided in Glades County along State Road 78, approximately six miles west of U.S. Highway 27. The crash happened at approximately 1:08 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol news release, a sedan and van were going east on State Road 78. A truck was traveling west on the roadway. Troopers said the driver of the sedan, a 35-year-old Apopka woman, went onto the westbound travel lane and into the

photo by: local10 Three people were hurt, though not seriously, after a tour bus crashed into a tree in downtown Miami Tuesday afternoon, according to first responders. The crash happened just before 4:15 p.m. in the 400 block of Biscayne Boulevard, outside Bayside Marketplace. Officer Kiara Delva, a Miami Police Department spokesperson, said four vehicles were involved, including the Big Bus. She said while there were no serious injuries, a few people were bleeding from shattered glass. A Miami Fire

photo by: (WPEC) Fire rescue responded to an overturned vacuum truck around 3 p.m. Tuesday blocking southbound lanes on Military Trail in Jupiter, causing rush hour delays. Firefighters were dispatched to the 4500 block of Military Trail in Jupiter for an overturned vacuum truck blocking multiple lanes. The semi-truck-sized vacuum truck’s driver was unharmed and did not require transport to a local hospital according to the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR). Multiple fluids reportedly leaked from the truck, and

No students were injured when a Brevard Public Schools bus was involved in a crash Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne, officials said. A Brevard Public Schools spokesperson said the bus was transporting students from Longleaf Elementary School when the crash happened. “All students are safe, and parents have been notified,” officials said. Melbourne police posted on social media around 3:04 p.m. that they were working a crash on Wickham Road near Business Center Drive. BPS officials later confirmed the crash involved a school

A pedestrian died after being struck Monday evening by a tractor-trailer in Lake County, according to a news release. Leesburg police said the fatal crash happened around 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of U.S. 27 and C.R. 48. According to the release, an international tractor-trailer driven by a 34-year-old Davenport man was traveling south on U.S. 27 when it “collided with a pedestrian.” Police said the victim, identified as a 34-year-old Leesburg man, was struck while trying to cross U.S.

A 27-year-old Miami Gardens woman was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly stabbing a juvenile following an argument outside a liquor store in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene near Northwest Seventh Avenue and Northwest 107th Street just before 4:30 a.m. Deputies said they found the victim suffering from a stab wound to her left arm. The victim told deputies she had been arguing with a woman inside the liquor store

A man has been arrested, months after a burned body was found on the floor of a Miami home. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, firefighters responded to a blaze on the morning of Aug. 18, 2024, at a home in the 3000 block of Southwest 13th Street. Local 10 News learned the home was used as a multi-unit short term rental property, and police confirmed that the fire occurred in the rear unit. According to the