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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

Three people, including a couple who were both teachers, were killed Wednesday night in a two-vehicle wreck in New Smyrna Beach, according to police. The triple-fatal crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on U.S. 1 near Inlet Shores Drive, south of Skyline Drive. According to New Smyrna Beach police, an initial investigation shows that Matt Cindric, 42, and his wife, Fawne Cindric, 45, were traveling south in the left turn lane on U.S. 1 when a northbound motorcycle struck their vehicle

Photo by: wsvn  Miami Police responded to a crash when a person was killed after being struck by a car while on their scooter. According to Miami Police, the collision happened around 5 a.m. Friday along 36th Court and Flagler Street. As a result of the incident, authorities blocked Flagler Street between Northwest 35th Avenue and Northwest 37th Avenue in both directions as they investigated the scene. Investigators said the motorcyclist was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Trauma Center by

Police are asking for the community’s help in locating the driver responsible for a crash that killed a man earlier this month. St. Pete police are trying to find 26-year-old Herbert Jones, the driver involved in a high-speed crash at the intersection of 22nd Avenue South and 13th Street South on July 14. That crash killed 20-year-old Jeremiah Jones, who was ejected from his vehicle. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition before he died from his injuries

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — One person is hospitalized after police said an older man shot the victim in self-defense at Ybor Coin Laundromat early Friday morning. Just before 2 a.m. Tampa police responded to the 1800 block of North 34th Street after someone had been shot. Officials discovered that two men had gotten into an altercation, leading to an older man shooting the victim, claiming self-defense. The victim, who was not identified, was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening

A young mother is behind bars after police say she was driving drunk when she crashed her car with her child in the backseat. Authorities report that she did not attempt to rescue her child from the wrecked vehicle. Josefina Lopez, 21, is facing charges after Clermont Police allege she was intoxicated when she crashed her car with her child on board. An affidavit states the crash occurred early Thursday morning at the intersection of Johns Lake and Hancock Roads.

Today, I teamed up with the organization Best Foot Forward and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office on a pedestrian safety effort. Best Foot Forward teams up with local law enforcement with the goal of reducing pedestrian related crashes. Watch the full video at the top of this story and join me on Patrol as they conduct an operation along northern portions of Osceola County in hopes of educating drivers on pedestrian laws. If you’ve been injured in a pedestrian accident,

A 14-year-old boy was shot Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg, according to police. The teen was near 20th Avenue South and 44th Street South when another group fired several shots, police said. The teen went to a nearby house for help. He was taken to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in critical but stable condition, police said. No other details were immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call the St. Petersburg Police Department. This is a developing story.

A 3-year-old was hit and killed by a car Thursday evening near Tampa while he was riding his bike with his family, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The child was hit at about 7 p.m. in the 7500 block of Pitch Pine Circle, deputies said. The child died at the scene. The child was riding his bike through a residential area with his siblings and family right behind him when an SUV hit the child while turning a

Four teens were injured Thursday when lightning struck while they standing under a tree in downtown St. Petersburg, according to the fire rescue. First responders arrived around 5:45 p.m. to downtown St. Petersburg, where they began life-saving measures for two teens under a banyan tree. While they were providing help, two other teens went up to the first responders to say they had also been under the tree when the lightning struck. The fire rescue said there were two boys,

 A two-vehicle crash in Marion County killed a man and a woman in their 70s and injured one other Thursday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 441 and SE 95th Street, just north of Belleview, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, a 72-year-old Ocala man driving a sedan northbound on U.S. 441 attempted to turn left onto SE 95th Street when the right side of the