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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

A Punta Gorda man was arrested after reportedly hitting a motorcyclist while driving under the influence in Port Charlotte on Saturday. Reports say Kreg Ogrodowski, 45, struck a motorcyclist when he was rounding a curve and lost control of the vehicle. The victim was taken to the hospital for injuries. There is no update on the victim’s condition. Charlotte County deputies responded to the Veterans Boulevard and Loveland Boulevard intersection for reports of an accident. When deputies arrived they found

A massage therapist is facing two felony charges after police said he sexually battered a client during an at-home session in Plantation in January. Police said Sebastian Ernesto Lombano Jaramillo, 41, of Coconut Creek, later acknowledged and apologized for the assault in text messages with the woman and in a recorded phone call with detectives listening in. According to an arrest warrant from the Plantation Police Department, the sexual battery happened on Jan. 15 and the woman reported what happened

A Hialeah man was arrested Wednesday after police said he caused a crash that injured three people, including a 5-month-old baby, by running a red light while intoxicated last month. According to an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department, 45-year-old Didier Duran-Pena, the driver and sole occupant of a white 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan, is accused of running a red light and causing a crash with a red 2016 Nissan Altima on June 22. According to witnesses and CCTV

Photo by: Local10  Newly-released body camera video shows deputies and firefighters working to rescue a snorkeler injured by a boat propeller after being struck off the Lower Florida Keys during lobster mini-season. It was one of several incidents in South Florida Wednesday after spiny lobster mini sport season kicked off; it ends at 11:59 Thursday night. Video released by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office shows first responders treating snorkeler Sean Steven Bender, 20, of Seminole, who was under the Boca Chica Channel

Tampa Police are investigating a shooting that left one woman dead. The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. today (July 25) at the 6800 block of South Trask Street, according to Tampa Police. The adult woman was found shot at the location. Police say this is an isolated incident, and all people involved are known. TPD did not provide details on any arrests and noted that it was very early in the investigation. Victims of negligent shootings often face significant medical

Photo by: Fox35Orlando Two people are hurt after scaffolding on a pedestrian bridge in Apopka partially collapsed Thursday morning, officials said. The Apopka Fire Department said its crews, along with police, responded to the pedestrian bridge connected to the West Orange Trail at 8:30 a.m. because of a scaffolding collapse that occurred during ongoing repair work. When crews arrived, they found the scaffolding had collapsed, injuring two Orange County contract workers.  The injured workers were evaluated at the scene before

A man who was reportedly shooting in the air and at a building in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood was shot and killed by officers Thursday afternoon, officials said. Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said officers responded to the area of Southwest 5th Avenue and 3rd Street around 12:45 p.m. after receiving calls of a man who was shooting in the air and toward a building. There was an encounter with the man and shots were fired by several officers, Morales

A Sunny Isles Beach mother caught on camera physically abusing her 3-year-old son last year has admitted her guilt and is now a convicted felon. On Thursday, 29-year-old Yulia Storozhuk was in court where she became very emotional while taking a plea deal she negotiated with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office. Storozhuk, who was caught by a neighbor’s Ring camera footage grabbing her 3-year-old son, lifting him off the ground and throwing him to the floor in October, avoided jail time and

A man was arrested after, police said, he stalked a 10-year-old girl at a Home Depot in Southwest Miami-Dade earlier this month. According to Miami-Dade Police, 58-year-old Kevin Hurley, a registered sex offender on probation, repeatedly made contact with and followed the girl inside the store, located at 19400 SW 106th Ave., at around 11:30 a.m. on July 4. Rather than leaving, investigators said, the suspect waited in his car outside for the girl to leave. Detectives said Hurley then