Florida's Recent News

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a crash that left one vehicle rolled over on Morton Avenue. According to deputies, two vehicles were involved in a rollover crash that occurred late Monday evening in Bonita Springs. Deputies have not released the identities of those involved in the crash or if any injuries were reported. WINK News has reached out to LCSO for more information regarding the crash; however, deputies have not yet responded to our inquiries. Car accidents can result in

Photo by: winknews Several car crashes were reported on Interstate 75 south at various mile markers, causing significant delays. Around four crashes occurred between Lee and Collier counties during the early morning hours of Tuesday. Around mile marker 115, a crash off the left lane of I-75 south before Bonita Beach Road blocked the lane for traffic while crews worked to remove the damaged vehicle. In Lee County, three miles south of Corkscrew Road and near mile marker 120, an off-road car

A 32-year-old man accused of robbing a bank and taking off was arrested a day after the incident, according to officials. The Tampa Police Department says officers responded to the 600 block of S. Howard Ave on Saturday after receiving reports of a bank robbery. When police got to the scene, the suspect, later identified as Rodrigo Rios Trujillo, had already left. Surveillance footage showed that around 11:30 a.m., Trujillo entered the bank, and slid a cell phone to the teller demanding

Photo by: Ocala Fire Department A Coca-Cola truck and a tree were involved in a crash in Ocala on Monday after Hurricane Debby made its way through town, according to the Ocala Fire Rescue.  The incident happened at around noon in the 2300 block of SE 17th St.  When crews arrived to the scene, they found eastbound lanes of SE 17th Street blocked by a tree trunk, according to Ocala Fire Rescue. Debris from the truck that sustained impact from

A mother and father appeared in court Monday, accused of leaving their son locked in a hot car while they went shopping at a Target in Aventura. According to an arrest report, Paola Palencia-Rodriguez and Melvin Maimes went shopping Saturday morning and left their 2-year-old sleeping in the car with the windows rolled up and the ignition off. “You made a decision to let your child sleep in a hot car. And that child could have died!” Judge Mindy Glazer

On Sunday afternoon, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible traffic collision that resulted in a DUI arrest. According to officials, deputies responded to the area of Bumpnose Road in Marianna and found a white Chevrolet truck without a license plate stuck in a ditch. The driver, Roy Collins, was asleep in the driver’s seat with open alcoholic beverages in the vehicle, officials said. Collins was asked to step out of the vehicle and showed signs of impairment.

Photo by: wsvn A fire Monday morning tore through a South Florida home. The incident happened along 37th Avenue and Northwest 210th Terrace in Miami Gardens. Flames burned through the roof and created a big hole. There was damage to the entire house. It’s not yet clear what sparked the fire. Fire accidents can cause devastating damage and life-changing injuries, leaving victims overwhelmed with recovery and financial burdens. Ovadia Law Group is dedicated to helping you navigate the complexities of

A Dixie County crash left two people dead and one person in the hospital Sunday night as the state started to feel the effects of Debby. According to Florida Highway Patrol, an SUV was traveling down U.S. 19 north of 483rd Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. Witnesses said the vehicle appeared to have lost control due to inclement weather and the wet roadway. After losing control, the vehicle struck a guardrail in the center median and overturned. The 38-year-old female

Photo by: (HCSO) A semi-truck lost control and was overturned into the Tampa Bypass Canal in Hillsborough County, resulting in the driver’s death. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reported that around 3 a.m. Monday, a semi-truck drove over the guard rail of a bypass canal, off of I-75. Officials stated that the HCSO dive team responded to extract the truck out of the canal while receiving tornado and hurricane warnings due to Tropical Storm Debby. HCSO reported around 10:20

Debby turned deadly as it continues to roar across Florida after it made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Monday. Authorities reported that a 13-year-oldboy died after a tree fell on a mobile home located southwest of Gainesville, Florida. Officials reported other deaths as Debby moved inland. A truck driver died early Monday on Interstate 75 in the Tampa area after he lost control of his tractor trailer, which flipped over a concrete wall and dangled over water before the cab dropped into

 Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded two other deputies as they tried to reach him after all responded to a disturbance in a home. Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link, 28, died “heroically serving his community and fellow deputies” after the gunfire Friday night at a home in rural Eustis, Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said Saturday in a post on the office’s Facebook page. Two

Photo by: North Collier Fire Rescue District The North Collier Fire Rescue District extracted a person from a vehicle after a rollover crash in Collier County Monday morning. According to reports, the crash happened at Livingston Road and Immokalee Road around 1:50 a.m. Heavy Rescue 48, Battalion 45 and Collier County EMS responded to the scene, where they performed an extraction for one person who was stuck in the car. The driver was taken to the hospital. At this time,