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The Panama City Police Dept. is currently at the scene of an accident in the northbound lanes of Highway 231. There are serious injuries reported with this accident. You should find an alternate route as significant delays are expected. WJHG has a crew headed to the scene. This is a developing story, and WJHG will update you as we learn more. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand that car accidents can disrupt your life in many ways, from physical injuries

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in Boynton Beach that left one man shot in the leg this afternoon. The shooting occurred at the Reserve at Ashley Lake apartment complex in West Boynton Beach. Police dispatch received a call just before 5 p.m. of two people shooting at each other. When deputies arrived, they located a man with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was transported to a hospital. A Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said the

A mother and daughter were killed in a crash in Boynton Beach Tuesday night, leaving behind a devastated family. “My wife gone, my daughter gone,” said Junel Pochette. Pochette’s wife, Marcia Pochette, and their daughter, Jenice Woods, both died in the crash. “My wife, my daughter, I will never forget,” he said. “Their love will always remain in my heart.” Mom, dad, and daughter all spent Tuesday together. At one point, Woods told her parents that she and her husband

A high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle ended in a rollover crash near Florida International University (FIU) on Thursday night, prompting an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies. The incident occurred just after 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 109th Avenue after a police pursuit led a suspect in the area at a high rate of speed. The chase began when an officer traveling north on State Road 821 (Florida’s Turnpike) saw a dark pickup truck

A multi-car crash caused serious delays on Interstate 95 southbound before Ives Dairy Road. The collision happened before 6:30 a.m. and express lanes were closed, according to preliminary reports from Florida Highway Patrol. Traffic was backed up even past Hallandale Beach Boulevard and aerial images appeared to show traffic stopped across all lanes. As of 8 a.m., lanes have reopened and traffic is getting by slowly. It was unclear if anyone was injured. Emergency crews could be seen on scene.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department tells First Coast News one person is dead following a house fire on Jacksonville’s Southside Thursday. JFRD says it got a call about the the fire which happened in the 5900 block of Loran Drive North around 5:40 a.m., and that the person who died in it is a man; he was found in a van by firefighters, according to JFRD Captain Eric Prosswimmer. The fire department says the cause of the fire is being investigated

Photo by: fox35orlando An 18-year-old Deltona man was killed on Wednesday evening in a two-car crash in Volusia County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the man was driving a 2016 Nissan Versa eastbound on Enterprise Osteen Road, west of Hanging Moss Lane, when it collided with a 2018 Toyota 4Runner ahead of it.  Troopers said the driver of the Toyota had begun to slow down to make a left turn when the driver of the Nissan failed to

One person was killed and another was critically injured Wednesday night in Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 8:15 p.m. near NW 60th Street. According to a crash report, an 81-year-old Ocala woman in an SUV tried to turn left onto NW 60th Avenue from US-27 in front of an oncoming sedan. The front of the sedan, driven by a 43-year-old Gainesville man, collided with the SUV. The man was pronounced dead at the

Photo by: WINK News An afternoon of fishing turns deadly. A death investigation is underway after an incident at a Bokeelia pier. The incident occurred near Capt’n Con’s Fishhouse in Bokeelia shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses tell us it all started with a truck driving onto the pier. WINK News viewer Joe the Mover sent us a video of the incident. People screamed to hit the deck as the truck crashed into the pier’s shed. Tires screeching, the driver

A Florida Keys sheriff’s deputy was arrested by her employer on more than a dozen computer crimes charges Wednesday, officials said. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jennifer Ann Ketcham, 40, faces 19 felony counts of of misuse of law enforcement computers, computer networks and electronic devices, MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said in a brief news release Wednesday afternoon. “Ketcham used law enforcement databases to look up information for personal reasons beyond the legal scope of her employment as a Deputy,”

The Humane Society of Greater Miami is asking for the community’s help. On Wednesday, seven malnourished puppies were found abandoned on its shelter grounds in North Miami Beach. As staff members quickly worked to provide care, they discovered that each puppy tested positive for giardia and coccidia. The puppies are undergoing treatment. This incident is similar to one that occurred last month, when eight puppies were abandoned at the same shelter, which is already operating above its capacity. “We are