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Miami police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred Tuesday night. According to police, the crash involving a car and a pedestrian was reported at 8:39 p.m. in the area of Southwest Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street. Police said officers arrived at the scene and found a man in his 40s who had been struck by a car. Miami Fire Rescue personnel transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he later died. According to authorities, the

Photo by: Polk County Sheriff’s Office An Auburndale Police Department sergeant was cited for speeding months after a November 2023 crash that killed a 5-year-old girl.  The decision to cite Sgt. Danny Swan with unlawful speed was made Thursday following a Polk County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Deputies said Swan was heading to U.S. Highway 92 at Old Winter Haven Road in his department Chevrolet Silverado on a call for help from a Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy who reported a combative

A driver was killed in a crash in Largo after striking a telephone pole at a high rate of speed, according to police. According to the Largo Police Department, their traffic homicide unit responded to the area of Walsingham Road and Shipwatch Drive for a fatal single-vehicle crash. A black Nissan was driving west on Walsingham Road at a ‘high rate of speed,’ police said when it lost control and struck a telephone pole. The driver was pronounced dead at

 A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting on 12th Avenue South in St. Petersburg Monday afternoon, officers said.  The St. Pete Police Department said the young adult man was shot in the leg while standing outside of a house in the 4200 block of 12th Avenue South.  He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to detectives.  Authorities said no arrests have been made in the shooting, but they are still investigating.  Anyone with information is asked to contact

A 61-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after shooting a man at the intersection of Yellow Bluff Road and New Berlin Road on Sunday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. When officials arrived at the scene, they observed a car blocking the center lane of Yellow Bluff Road. They went into the nearby Walgreens and saw the victim applying pressure to wounds on the right side of his face. JSO said the victim told the officers that

A 31-year-old registered child predator from Pomona Park who was recently released from prison was arrested and charged with first-degree rape, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Kendrick Marclain was released from prison on Dec. 31, 2023, for sexually assaulting a child under 12. On Jan. 8, he registered as a sexual predator with the sheriff’s office and a notification was put out through social media a day later. On Feb. 3, a victim told deputies she got into

A woman in her early 80s died Tuesday night after she was struck by a car while trying to help two injured dogs on the side of the road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said around 9 p.m., the unidentified woman and her husband found two dogs that had been hit by a car in the center median of Mount Pleasant Road. The woman tried to walk across the westbound lanes of the road from the north side

One woman died and two others were injured Tuesday night in a shooting during an argument in a parking lot on the city’s Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said several people were in a parking lot just before midnight in the area of Labelle Street and Plymouth Street when an argument broke out and shots were fired. Two women and one man were shot, JSO said. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department took one of the women

A University of South Florida student died after being struck by a car while riding a scooter near campus last month. The crash happened at 42nd Street and East Fletcher Avenue in Tampa on February 22. Michelle Lynch said her son, Connor, would have celebrated his 20th birthday on Wednesday. In the wake of a scooter accident, Ovadia Law Group emerges as your steadfast advocate, offering both support and legal expertise to navigate the complexities of such cases. Reach out

A day after a deadly crash in Royal Palm Beach, one of the victims, 22-year-old Juan Francisco, was released from the hospital Tuesday. He shared what happened exclusively to WPTV reporter Joel Lopez at his home in Riviera Beach. “How have the last 24 hours been for you and your family?” Lopez asked about Francisco, who was in a landscaping truck that was hit head-on by an Audi going at a high speed in a residential neighborhood. “It’s terrible cause you know,

Photo by: Volusia County Sheriff’s Office On the afternoon of April 2, 2023, a red BMW convertible headed east on East Normandy Boulevard crossed the centerline, ran off the road, struck a traffic sign, continued onto the sidewalk, and ran over two pedestrians and a dog. The BMW then struck a 2,340-pound rock, “pushing it a short distance” records show and the car came to a halt. Eileen Flaherty, 68, who was thrown 59 feet 5 inches before coming to

Photo by: wsvn One person was hospitalized after a driver crashed their car into a building in Hollywood. Officials found the red car after it collided with a building at the ArtsPark at Young Circle, Tuesday morning. According to police, the car made an incorrect turn at the roundabout and lost control. Two people were inside the car and one of them was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Understanding Your Rights After a Car Crash: Following a car accident,