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Card Sound Road was closed in both directions after a motorcyclist crashed and died on Sunday in Miami-Dade County. Deputies closed Card Sound Road from U.S. 1 in Florida City to State Road 905 in North Key Largo, according to the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office. Further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash have not been released. All lanes have since reopened. Free Consultation: Why It Matters in Car Accident CasesAfter a car accident, you may feel uncertain

 A motorcyclist died on Sunday after a crash with a pickup truck in Lauderdale Lakes. The crash was reported just after 7:30 p.m. along West Oakland Park Boulevard near Northwest 35th Avenue, according to Claudinne Caro, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Caro said BSO deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel responded to the area after the crash. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, she said. BSO traffic homicide detectives responded to investigate the cause of

Photo by: wsvn Crews battled a massive fire at a junkyard in Opa-locka that torched cars and sent thick smoke into the sky. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze along the 12800 block of Alexandria Drive, at around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday. Celphone video captured the inferno as firefighters raced to control the fire. They needed foam trucks and water tenders to knock down the flames. No injuries were reported, but the fire left cars

A 35-year-old Pensacola man was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on Sunday morning in Escambia County. Troopers say the incident occurred around 2:27 a.m. when the man was driving a pickup truck eastbound on County Road 196 when he failed to stop at a stop sign and entered the path of a southbound semi truck on US-29. The semi-truck, driven by a 54-year-old Pensacola man, collided with the front right area of the pickup truck, according to FHP.

A single-vehicle crash in Escambia County on Saturday night led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Pensacola man, according to FHP. Troopers say the incident occured on E. Olive Road near Briese Lane and they responded around 9:50 p.m. after T J’J M’s sedan veered off the road and struck a large tree. M and two children, ages 3 and 7, were in the car, none of whom were wearing seatbelts or properly secured in child safety seats, according to

 A 36-year-old Whistler woman is dead after a crash in Escambia County on Friday morning. Troopers say the incident occurred on Interstate 10 near the 6.5 mile marker, where she ran off the roadway in a sedan and collided with the tree line. Emergency medical services transported her from the scene, but she was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. No further details have been released. Understanding Your Rights After a Car AccidentMany accident

A person died after being struck by a vehicle on Sunday following gunshots at a club in Winter Haven. According to the public information officer, early Sunday morning, Winter Haven police responded to multiple shots fired into the air outside of Kulture, located at 1780 First Street N. The PIO said that no gunshot victims have been found; however, when the shots were fired, the crowd dispersed. The PIO said that during this time, one individual was struck and killed

A 48-year-old Laurell Hill woman has died following a crash in Washington County early Friday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Nissan Rogue that was traveling east on U.S. 90 near Dalton Street drifted across the double yellow center lines into the westbound inside lane and collided with a Freightliner Cascadia. The driver of the Nissan, a 48-year-old woman was declared dead on scene. FHP says the driver of the Freightliner was not injured. How Ovadia Law Group

A man was injured in an early Sunday morning shooting while at a Southside restaurant, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO responded to the shooting at the Que Padre Mexican Restaurant on University Boulevard in the San Souci neighborhood around 1 a.m. Police said the man, who is believed to be in his early 50s, was sitting inside the restaurant when an unknown man on a bike “fired a single gunshot” into the building. The patron was hit in

A fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan occurred early Sunday morning on Interstate 95 in Duval County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident happened at 12:18 a.m. south of Baymeadows Road. FHP said a 19-year-old motorcycle driver, of Phoenix, Arizona, was speeding south when the motorcyclist collided with the left rear of a sedan. The impact caused the motorcycle driver to be thrown from the vehicle. The sedan was driven to a controlled stop on the

An investigation is underway in Fort Lauderdale Saturday morning after a person was stabbed, police said. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, officers and fire rescue crews arrived at the 1300 block of Northeast Fifth Terrace at around 1:56 a.m. after receiving reports of a stabbing. Once at the scene, a person with non-life-threatening injuries was found, and they were taken to the Broward Health Medical Center. Police said that the victim and the suspected stabber were bother using narcotics before

Clearwater police said a pedestrian was hit and killed by a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus Saturday evening on the 2700 block of Gulf to Bay Boulevard. The collision happened just before 7 p.m. at a large shopping center in Clearwater, and police said the woman was pronounced dead on the scene. She was later identified as 39-year-old AW. There was a large law enforcement presence in the area for a few hours Saturday night as first responders worked to