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Investigators said the child ran into the traffic lane as a vehicle drove on the sand; witnesses described people “screaming” and “crying.” A family’s day at the beach ended in tragedy in Volusia County. A 2-year-old girl is dead after investigators said she was hit by a car driving on the sand in New Smyrna Beach. L said, “A little girl was face down in the sand. It was very sad. People were screaming. People were crying. It’s a very

A toddler believed to be approximately 14-months-old died in an incident involving a vehicle in Casselberry, police said. We do not know the exact details, but Casselberry police said the matter remains under active investigation and the child either fell from a vehicle and/or was run over by a vehicle being operated by a parent. According to officials the child was pronounced dead by Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened Sunday on Legacy Winds Way in the Legacy Place

A 56-year-old man was killed after his tractor overturned while he was conducting maintenance on a dirt road. The John Deere tractor went over a steep embankment and flipped over. The operator was pronounced dead on the scene by Marion County Fire Rescue. A tractor-trailer accident can cause severe injuries due to the massive size and weight of commercial trucks. These crashes often involve complex factors such as driver fatigue, improper maintenance, or negligence. At Ovadia Law Group, our experienced

One person was hospitalized after being injured in a traffic crash Sunday in Miami. Preliminary information from authorities indicates Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the Little Havana neighborhood. When rescue crews arrived, they determined that an air rescue helicopter was needed to transport the patient. Although Miami-Dade Fire Rescue did not release information about the victim’s condition, officials confirmed the patient was taken to the West Trauma Center. Common Causes of

A crash involving a Brightline train and a vehicle in West Palm Beach on Sunday killed two people, police said. According to West Palm Beach Police, the crash happened at around 3:15 p.m. along the 600 block of Roseland Drive. Police said that a vehicle was going westbound on Roseland Drive when it crossed onto the tracks and struck the train, which was heading northbound. After hitting the train, two people inside the vehicle were ejected and died at the

Photo: MCSO A wrong-way driver is dead and four people — including a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old — are hospitalized after a fiery three-vehicle crash on U.S. 1, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. During a Sunday news conference, Sheriff John Budensiek said the agency received calls from the Jupiter Police Department about a wrong-way driver traveling on U.S. 1. Shortly after the initial call, deputies learned the driver had crashed and been ejected into a wooded area. Authorities

A Memorial Day stabbing in Pompano Beach sent a man to the hospital and a woman to jail, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. BSO spokesperson Carey Codd said the stabbing happened just after 6:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of Northwest 24th Street. Codd said medics found a man with stab wounds and took him to a nearby hospital. He’s expected to survive. Meanwhile, Codd said deputies arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as D, on an attempted murder charge.

Two people are in custody after leading deputies on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle that ended with a crash against a fence and a bailout. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said Friday morning, they responded to an “Assist Other Agency” call from Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in the area of Southwest 40th Street and 43rd Avenue in West Park. MDSO deputies had spotted a car in the area that was reported stolen in Miami-Dade and requested BSO’s assistance. At some point,

A driver is in the hospital after a car came to a crashing stop at a Sunrise apartment complex, injuring two other people. According to neighbors, the driver was a home health aide who had just finished her shift at a woman’s apartment, located at 8510 Sunrise Lakes Blvd., on Friday morning when she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, went over the parking stump and smashed right into the front door. “I just heard this big boom,

Officials in Pembroke Pines responded to a canal crash on Sunday when an elderly driver went into the water. The incident happened at C-B Smith Park. Witnesses said they saw the moment the driver lost control. One good Samaritan jumped into action to pull him out of the water. No one else was inside the vehicle. The driver was transported to the hospital and is in stable condition. Holding Negligent Drivers Accountable After a Car CrashWhen a car accident is

Five people were left without a place to call home after flames engulfed a sports car in a carport, then spread to a home in Fort Lauderdale, leading firefighters to come to the rescue of several pets. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to a report of a vehicle fire under a carport on Southwest 31st Avenue, off Second Court, just after 6:20 p.m. on Sunday. Officials said the flames spread from the carport to the house before crews arrived.

A boat crash involving three vessels left two people with minor injuries in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a boat struck two other boats and left two people standing on a nearby dock with minor injuries. The incident happened early Sunday morning at the Lauderdale Marina. Now, witnesses to the crash are speaking out. “I don’t know what happened, two seconds later I just see him basically take his boat, put it