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Photo by: nbc-2 A man is dead after a crash on I-75 in Estero near the Bonita Beach Road and Corkscrew Road exits Friday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 1:50 a.m. a 21-year-old Estero man crashed into the back of a dump truck. HP says the car went into the grass and flipped. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. FHP reported that three crashes happened along the same stretch of I-75 Friday. NBC2 crews at

Two men are dead and at least seven people are injured after an overnight shooting in downtown Orlando, the city’s police department said. Police responded to a shooting call near East Central Boulevard and North Orange Avenue just at 1:07 a.m. Friday. Minutes later, police said they received another call about shots fired south of Washington Street on North Orange Avenue. Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said eight people were shot. Two of the victims died, six were taken to

Two people are injured after a car crashed into an Xfinity building in West Palm Beach on Thursday. According to Mike Jachles, spokesperson for the West Palm Beach Police Department, the crash occurred in the Tanger Outlets near Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. At this time West Palm Police and the West Palm Beach Fire Department are at the scene of the crash. It’s unclear what led up to the crash and the condition of the two people injured. This is

A 59-year-old Hudson woman has died after state troopers said an SUV struck her as she was trying to cross a highway. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Florida Highway Patrol said a driver was traveling northbound on US 19 in a larger-style SUV. The woman was attempting to cross the highway just south of Country Club Drive when the driver rammed into her and kept going without stopping or “rendering aid,” the agency said. The woman

Photo by: wsvn A fire fight was quickly extinguished by fire crews at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue battled the flames near Northeast Ninth Street and Intracoastal Drive. Crews extinguished the fire that came from the first floor apartment in under 10 minutes, they said. Video from fire crews shows the apartment completely gutted. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Thorough Investigation and Strong Advocacy After a fire accident, it’s essential to have experienced

An Alva woman has been sentenced for a deadly 2021 crash that left a father and his two daughters dead in Hendry County. Anne Lang received three life sentences for the deaths of Enedino Galindo, 42, and his two daughters, Aryana, 15, and Keanna, 13. Lang was reportedly speeding, going more than 100 mph, when she hit the family’s car as they were backing out of a driveway. Reports say Lang’s blood alcohol level was 0.22, which is nearly three

A Leesburg woman was arrested for assault after allegedly swinging a knife at her boyfriend and his son during an argument. Officers responded to a weapons complaint at an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 12:02 a.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department.  Upon arrival, the officers briefly met with one of two victims who showed a video on his cellphone of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Jennifer Pusey, with a knife, yelling and walking toward the victims, before

 Court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Thursday reveal the allegations that led to an elected official’s arrest in Broward County over the weekend. Deputies arrested North Lauderdale Commissioner Regina Martin on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge on Sunday. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report filed with the county’s clerk of courts, the arrest stemmed from a fight between Martin and her daughter that evening. BSO Deputy Cordacia Brown wrote that Martin, 42, had confronted her daughter “for not coming home

photo by: Tallahassee Fire Department Multiple people were injured after a motel room on Hospitality Street went up in flames Thursday morning, according to the Tallahassee Fire Department. TFD said the incident unfolded just before 9:30 a.m. after firefighters responded to the Red Roof Inn, located at 2930 Hospitality Street. The state fire marshal responded just before 10:15 a.m. Firefighters were able to contain the fire in one room, according to TFD. However, the fire department said two people were

An 18-year-old man accused in a brutal Port St. Lucie homicide may have been on the verge of a second killing when he was caught outside another home. The Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) booked Omarion Daitron Ivory for first-degree murder on Wednesday and, when announcing his arrest, added that investigators feared that his crimes could have become something more horrific. “We may have had an undetected serial killer in the works,” PSLPD Assistant Chief Leo Niemczyk said. PSLPD

A 2-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after he shot himself with a flare gun in West Little River on Thursday, Miami-Dade Police said. The child, named Justin, somehow got hold of a flare gun while work was being done on a boat that appeared to be parked in the backyard of a residence on Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 32nd Place, police said. The child’s grandfather said the flare burned the boy’s finger and then bounced off his

photo by: wear A 34-year-old Pensacola man was killed in a head-on crash in Escambia County Thursday morning. It happened around 11:40 a.m. at N W Street and Truman Ave. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the 34-year-old man failed to maintain his single lane in his car. He crossed over the center lane and collided head-on with an oncoming pickup truck. Both vehicles sustained heavy front end damage. The 34-year-old man was pronounced dead on scene, while the pickup truck