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Polk County Fire Rescue said their battalion chief was involved in a crash that sent five people to the hospital on Sunday. The chief was responding to an emergency call with lights and sirens activated when the crash happened at the intersection of County Road 640 and Mimosa Avenue in Bartow. PCFR said a “mass casualty incident” response was triggered due to the number of victims, including at least one with critical injuries. A photo from the scene shows that

At 8:16 P.M. on Saturday night, the Florida highway patrol responded to a crash involving three school busses. Once on scene, FHP reported an SUV has collided with a row of stopped school busses. Upon collision with the first school bus, a chain reaction occurred, causing all three to collide. FHP says the car caught on fire. In total, the busses were carrying 90 students and six adults. Six school children from the busses were transported to an area hospital

Ferrucci Ristorante caught fire early Sunday morning. According to the Panama City Fire Department, at around 2:30 a.m., their crews were dispatched to the restaurant where they found smoke coming from a balcony in the rear of the building. Firefighters say they quickly located and extinguished a small fire involving a planter box and handrail, which appeared to have been started by discarded cigarette butts. “My reaction is just complete gratitude for him for saving our business,” said the owner

A 22-year-old Panama City woman has died following a crash in Lynn Haven Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, an SUV and a pickup truck were both traveling Northbound on SR 77. FHP says the pickup truck, which was ahead of the SUV turned into a left turning lane. We’re told the SUV, that was traveling at a fast speed partially travelled into the same turn lane and hit the back of the pickup truck. The collision caused the

 The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a man injured on W. 19th Street. Officers responded around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and was in stable condition. The investigation revealed that the man and the shooter, who knew each other, got into an argument earlier in the day that led to the shooting. Police did

A man was fatally shot on Saturday evening on Ribault Avenue. Around 7:40 p.m., officers responded to the Ribault Avenue near Soutel Drive after receiving reports of a person shot. When they arrived, they found an man lying in the road with a single gunshot wound to his chest. The man was transported to a local hospital but later died. Detectives are working with the Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Early Sunday morning, a vehicle crashed through the front of a Northside mattress store in Jacksonville, causing heavy damage. Fawzy Khalil is the owner of Furniture Mattress Store on Dunn Avenue, which has been in business for 15 years. He said he and his family built the store from the ground up. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue quickly put out a fire caused by a crash on Dunn Avenue, though the store’s front was left badly damaged. Khalil arrived around 2

Fort Myers police confirmed they are investigating a shooting that occurred overnight on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Knight Street, resulting in two people sustaining minor injuries. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, no one is in custody right now, and this is an active investigation. Understanding Your Rights After a Shooting Injury After a shooting injury, knowing your legal rights is crucial. Victims may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and emotional distress. At

Florida Highway Patrol says one man died and several others were injured in a crash early Saturday at 2:40 a.m. on County Road 42, west of Southeast 160 Avenue Road. Investigators say a 29-year-old female from Altoona, traveling east in her pickup truck, crossed into the westbound lane and struck a sedan. The driver of the sedan, a 40-year-old man from Belleview, was dead when troopers arrived. The driver of the pickup truck, her passenger, a 22-year-old man from Clermont,

A Wellington man is accused of hitting a visibly pregnant woman with his vehicle while she tried to hold a parking spot. According to a criminal complaint from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO), on October 3, the pregnant woman was leaving Cooper’s Hawk and found a parking spot in front of the building. The woman explained to deputies she had to carry items from inside the store, and her husband was going to move the vehicle to the spot

Two people are recovering from their injuries following an armed robbery at a rental home in Hollywood Saturday morning, police said. According to Hollywood Police, officers received reports of a possible armed home invasion and robbery at a home at the 700 block of North Southlake Drive. When officers arrived at the home, they talked to the victims, who told them there was a party at the Airbnb and that several unknown men entered the front door. The men then

Credit: Florida Highway Patrol One person is dead after a vehicle collided with another in Sumter County on Saturday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, around 11:17 a.m. a Toyota Prius, driven by a 63-year-old man was traveling south on State Road 471. Meanwhile, a tractor-trailer, driven by a 32-year-old man was traveling north on SR-471. FHP said that North of SR-50, the driver of the Prius crossed the centerline into the path of the tractor-trailer, for unknown reasons, colliding with