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Winter Haven police are searching for information on a stabbing that left a 26-year-old woman dead on Friday night. Just before midnight, the police department responded to a stabbing call in the construction area behind the old Banyon Beach motel, at 1630 6th Street Northwest off of Highway 17. A witness told officials the victim got into an argument with an unidentified man, who struck the woman several times. The victim then began screaming, saying she was stabbed. Police said

Photo by:  Tampa Fire Rescue Investigators are trying to determine what caused the Fresh Kitchen in the Soho District of Tampa to catch fire on Monday morning. The South Howard Avenue business has been deemed a total loss. “We heard the helicopter first so we knew something was going on and then we saw it on the news,” said neighbor Mike Shae. Shae and his wife live near Fresh Kitchen and went to walk their dog when they heard what

Photo by: wsvn A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 95 southbound near Ives Dairy Road after attempting to flee officers. On Monday, around 7:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of a pedestrian walking along the shoulder of the highway. According to Florida Highway Patrol, upon arrival, officers made contact with the pedestrian who showed them a knife. When officers attempted to detain the man, he ran across four traffic lanes and was struck by an oncoming black

 A heartbroken South Florida mother is speaking out one day after a stray bullet sent her 4-year-old son to the hospital. Speaking with 7News on Sunday, Hassell Oporta said she feared that she would lose her son Dylan when he was shot inside of their West Miami-Dade home, Saturday night. “I’ve been having really scary thoughts of what could’ve happened. Thank God, that didn’t happen,” she said. According to Miami-Dade Police, the shooting happened along Southwest 127th Court, near 12th Street,

Photo by: NBC Miami A horrific crash involving a pickup truck and tractor trailer left one man dead in Hialeah Gardens on Sunday morning. The early-morning crash happened on US 27, just south of NW 138th Street around 2:45 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver of a blue Chevy pickup truck was traveling north on US 27 before crashing into a stopped tractor trailer. FHP stated. The pickup truck’s driver died at the scene, troopers confirmed. His

Photo by: West Palm Beach A crash with injuries on Florida’s Turnpike South in Lake Worth Beach is causing traffic delays on Monday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash on Florida’s Turnpike South just before Mile Marker 94 in Lake Worth Beach at around 4:01 a.m.  Florida 511’s latest update was at 7:14 a.m., stating that the left southbound lane is blocked, and traffic had been backed up to Exit 97, Southern Boulevard. A report from Florida Highway Patrol stated

A 28-year-old man has been killed after crashing into a tree in Deltona late Saturday night, Florida Highway Patrol said. According to a news release, the man was driving above the speed limit in a Nissan Altima when he collided with the back of a Kia Optima, which in turn collided with the back of a Nissan Rogue. The crash caused the man’s car to run off the roadway and strike a tree. He was ejected from the car and

Photo by: Daytona Beach Fire Department Officials are investigating after the interior of a Daytona Beach print shop caught fire on Sunday. Crews with the Daytona Beach Fire Department responded out to the shop on Fentress Boulevard after the owner called 911 when seeing smoke surrounding the building, according to the department. Upon arrival, officials found printing equipment on fire inside the building. No injuries were reported in the fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fire accidents

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A 37-year-old Seffner man was arrested after a deadly crash early on Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say the man, later identified as Kevin Jomell Marshall, was driving his Dodge Durango west in the eastbound lanes of SR-56 just after 3 a.m. An unknown man was driving a Chevy Silverado east on SR-56 at the same time, according to FHP. Authorities say the two vehicles collided nearly head-on east of Morris

Photo by: fox35orlando An area of State Road 408 in Orlando has reopened hours after a deadly, multi-vehicle crash shut down the road early Monday. The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 3 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near Dean Road, east of State Road 417.  An FHP spokesperson said the crash involved a 2024 Honda Civic, a 2017 Dodge Durango Caravan, and a 2016 Toyota Corolla. The woman driving the Dodge was pronounced dead at the

Newly-obtained surveillance video shows the driver of a construction truck slam into and seriously injure a senior couple crossing the street in Bay Harbor Islands last Friday. John DiSpirito Sr., 94, and his longtime partner, Diane Wishart, 80, were both seriously hurt in the crash, which happened while the pair were crossing in a crosswalk off 96th Street and Bay Harbor Terrace. The footage shows the driver of the construction truck making a left turn onto Bay Harbor Terrace and mowing down

Six children and two adults were thrown from a car and taken to the hospital after a crash in North Lauderdale on Friday morning, authorities said. A van and a Toyota 4Runner collided before 8 a.m. in the area of Southwest 81st Avenue and Southwest 7th Court. There were eight people, two adults and six children, that were inside the Toyota and ejected from the vehicle, authorities said. The children were unrestrained in the vehicle, according to BSO. They did