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Photo by: (WJXT) The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a collision between a motorcycle and SUV at the Broad Street and Adams Street intersection in downtown Jacksonville. The crash occurred near the Duval County Courthouse around 2:30 a.m. Law enforcement has since cleared the scene. JSO confirmed the incident involved a brown SUV and a motorcycle. JSO said the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in serious condition. JSO said the investigation remains active and ongoing. JSO issued a warning Tuesday

A 31-year-old driver died and her 12-year-old passenger was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon when their car hit a tree on US 90 in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the crash report, the car was headed west on US 90, approaching County Road 250A, when it slid off the roadway sideways across the grass on the right side of the road at around 4:40 p.m. Troopers said the front driver’s side corner hit a tree, sending

A 16-year-old girl from Branford was killed Saturday evening when the SUV she was riding in with three other teens flipped in a hay field, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash was reported just before 5:30 p.m. in the area of 79th Road and 274th Street in Suwannee County. According to the crash report, three 16-year-old girls and a 15-year-old girl — all from Branford — were headed east through a hay field after heavy rainfall

The Brief A bicyclist was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. Highway 17-92 south of Spartan Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. What we know: Troopers said the cyclist was riding north in a marked bicycle lane between the outside travel lane and a right-turn lane when a vehicle entered the northbound lanes from State Road 414, moved into the outside lane and hit the rider. The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle

The Brief  A local church leader is recovering after being shot during an attempted robbery at his home in Mexico City, according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. What we know: Church officials said President R.TW, who previously lived in the Orlando area with his wife, was shot once around 2 a.m. Saturday during a break-in at their residence. Wallis was taken to a Mexico City hospital, where he remains in stable condition in an intermediate care

The Brief A lightning strike ignited a fire in the attic of a Orlando home Saturday afternoon, according to the Orlando Fire Department. What we know: Crews responded to the 6700 block of Lake District Lane after reports of a structure fire caused by lightning. Firefighters contained the flames to the attic, preventing the blaze from spreading throughout the home. No one was inside the house at the time of the strike, and no injuries were reported, officials said. The

Photo by: Winter Haven Public Safety Department  According to the Winter Haven Public Safety Department, a man has been seriously injured following a crash on Sunday morning. Officials said, according to witnesses, he was “weaving in and out of traffic and speeding” in a 1968 GTO on Havendale Blvd and 16th St., when he got to a curve and lost control. Firefighters extricated him, and he was taken to Lakeland Regional Health as a trauma alert. Officials said he was

 The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said a male was killed in a home in Lutz on Sunday morning. Deputies said at around 10:27 a.m., they responded to a home on Helena Street where they found the male suffering from a gunshot wound in the upper body. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Deputies said preliminary investigation reveals the victim got into a verbal altercation with another male that led to the shooting. “In a

Photo by: (Titusville Police Department) A plane crash in Titusville left two people hospitalized, according to the police department In a release, police said they received a call around 2:13 p.m., reporting that a small plane had crashed into a wooded area just west of Space Coast Regional Airport and north of Shepard Drive. “The call was made by the occupants of the aircraft, identified as a flight instructor and a student pilot,” the release reads. First responders then responded

A man was killed and two others were hurt in a crash Friday night on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. at the road’s intersection with Whiteview Parkway, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, a sedan was in the southbound left turn lane of U.S. 1 — driven by a 38-year-old Palm Coast man with a 73-year-old Palm Coast man riding as a passenger — while a

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are looking for whoever shot a man driving on Interstate 4 in Volusia County on Friday, according to a statement. The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. in the area of mile marker 109, south of exits to Saxon Boulevard, an FHP spokesperson said. An unknown black SUV cut off the victim — identified as a 23-year-old man — while he was traveling in the inside eastbound lane, the statement reads. The victim then moved over into

The southbound lanes of U.S. 1 in Brevard County were temporarily closed after a 71-year-old man on an e-bike was killed in a crash on Saturday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened on US-1 north of Kings Highway around 8:17 p.m. According to an FHP report, the crash involved a 2016 Honda Accord and an e-bike. Troopers said the driver of the Accord — a 36-year-old Titusville man — was not injured and remained