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Photo by: gulfcoastnewsnow A hit-and-run crash happened at the intersection of I-75 and Bayshore Road early Tuesday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a semi-truck was travelling on the outside shoulder of northbound lanes on I-75. The truck went into the lanes. The front of another vehicle collided with the rear of the truck. The vehicle then went into the guardrails. After the crash, the semi-truck kept continued driving and remains unknown. The crash is still under investigation. Being injured

The largest personal injury lawfirm in the country has filed another slip-and-fall lawsuit against a Dollar General in Marion County, marking the fourth such filing in the past two months. Attorneys from Orlando-based Morgan and Morgan filed the lawsuit on behalf of MT against Dolgencorp, LLC, the subsidiary of the dollar store chain, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on August 11. According to the complaint, T was allegedly visiting the DG Market located at 17520 N

A Summerfield woman was arrested after an altercation in a medical office parking lot. MAM, 54, of Summerfield, was in a vehicle at about 10 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Advent Health at 8550 NE 138th Lane in The Villages when she began she began arguing with the driver, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The driver asked M to get out of the vehicle. M became angry and threw an empty medication

Photo by: villages-news A home was damaged by a fire ignited by a lightning strike in The Villages. Neighbors called in to report the blaze which broke out at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the 4100 Block of Silvana Way in the Charlee Villas in the Village of DeLuna. The Villages Public Safety Department responded and firefighters observed heavy flames engulfing the roof area above the garage. Engine 46 promptly initiated an aggressive interior attack on the fire, while additional

A Leesburg man was arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman who accidentally hit him with a cardboard box.  An officer responded to a battery involving 28-year-old ZAQ at an undisclosed apartment in Leesburg at 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Upon arrival, they met with the female victim in the parking lot of the apartment complex. She advised that Q came into the bedroom while she was asleep with her

A Fruitland Park woman was arrested at a shopping plaza in The Villages after allegedly attacking her sister.  Deputies responded to a domestic battery at 5440 Twin Palms Rd., Fruitland Park, around 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, they met with 24-year-old TRD and her sister. The sister advised that D was complaining to her about her daughter keeping her up and not letting her sleep. She offered

Drivers on I-95 South in St. Johns County experienced heavy backups near International Golf Parkway spanning almost three miles on Monday afternoon. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office told News4JAX that two people ran from a traffic stop, and deputies are still searching for one of them. A Florida Department of Transportation camera showed several patrol cars near mile marker 320. Those vehicles drove away just after 5 p.m., but backups were still lingering. If you’ve been injured in a

An investigation is underway after a 48-year-old man was found stabbed to death in a front yard in Escambia County on Monday. Family identifies the deceased as TP. Deputies were called to a home on Dogwood Drive at Dogwood Place around noon. According to the sheriff’s office, a home health nurse first arrived at the address for an appointment and found her patient face down in the yard covered in blood. EMS and Fire arrived to administer first aid, but

The Brief A Palm Coast man is facing multiple charges after deputies say he choked a pregnant woman during an argument Sunday and tried to stop her from calling for help. What we know: According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, a witness reported seeing a man on the ground holding a woman in a chokehold in the S-Section of Palm Coast. The witness told deputies the woman screamed for help and tried to call law enforcement before the man,

A Sebring police officer was taken to the hospital Monday after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash, officials said. The crash happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of Flare Road and U.S. Highway 27 South, according to the Sebring Police Department. Authorities said the officer was waiting in the left turn lane to travel onto U.S. Highway 27 South when his marked patrol unit was struck by another vehicle. The officer was taken to a nearby hospital,

A man is dead as a result of a personal watercraft accident in Boynton Beach on Sunday evening, police say. The Boynton Beach Police Department (BBPD) said that they responded to a report of the accident at around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday near the West Gateway Boulevard Bridge in the E-4 canal. When police arrived, they found Jeffery Civitano, 49, of Sunrise, lying in the water while his watercraft was going northbound by itself. The preliminary investigation reveals that Civitano

Lake City Police Department officers arrested a man after they say he attacked someone with a pipe. Officers arrested DH Jr., 51, on the charge of attempted first-degree murder on Sunday morning. Officials say officers found a man walking on Southeast Baya Drive with wounds to his head and rushed him to the hospital. Investigators determined the attack happened at a home on Putnam Street. Witnesses say H admitted to striking the victim with a pipe. The weapon was found