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Photo by: fox35orlando The Brief  All eastbound lanes near the Paddock Mall in Ocala are currently closed following a deadly pedestrian crash on Thursday morning, police say. What we know: The Ocala Police Department says a pedestrian was hit by a car on Thursday morning near the Paddock Mall on Southwest College Road. All eastbound lanes near the 3100 block of Southwest College Road are currently closed due to the crash. Officials say the pedestrian died in the crash.  Traffic delays may

Photo by: Fox13news The Brief Hillsborough County deputies are investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist and shut down a stretch of Lithia Pinecrest Rd. early Thursday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle hit a motorcycle around 4 a.m. along Lithia Pinecrest Rd. near Coconut Cove Place in Valrico. The motorcyclist died at the scene, according to HCSO. There are significant traffic delays on Lithia Pinecrest Rd. in both directions. Drivers are urged to avoid the area until the

A “crazy” Villager was arrested after allegedly using an umbrella to terrorize a man. The man went to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office building at Pinellas Plaza on Tuesday morning to report the actions of 75-year-old DKD of the Village of Virginia Trace. The man said that D “was crazy” and had been hitting him with an umbrella over the previous four days. He said there had been a “recent escalation” in the violence aimed at him. The redacted arrest

Photo by: villages-news A witness said a driver “punched the gas” and tried to speed through a light prior to a fatal rollover in which he was ejected through his car’s sunroof. JB, 76, was driving a silver Lexus shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday southbound on U.S. 301 at County Road 472 when he “punched the gas” to make it through a light, a witness told Wildwood police in the wake of the horrific accident which snarled traffic in the area.

A Leesburg man was arrested for driving with a suspended license despite switching seats with a passenger after a traffic crash.  A deputy responded to a traffic crash at U.S. Hwy. 441 an Morse Boulevard, Lady Lake, around 12:15 p.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Three separate witnesses advised that they saw 63-year-old JEJ driving the vehicle in question, but he and the passenger switched places. The deputy spoke to Jenkins who admitted

A Clearwater man was arrested for battery after allegedly punching a nurse at LifeStream Behavioral Center.  An officer responded to the Leesburg Police Department, located at 115 E Magnolia St., regarding a battery around 10:25 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, according to an arrest report from the LPD. Dispatch advised that the incident, later found to involve 38-year-old Timothy Finical, happened the day before.  Upon arrival, the officer met with a female victim. She explained that while working at LifeStream, located

Photo by: (Ocala Fire Rescue)  After several hours of cleanup, all lanes are now open, but traffic continues to move very slowly. State troopers say five vehicles were involved in the accident. Two people were rushed to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after a semi-truck overturned on I-75, blocking traffic in Ocala. All three northbound lanes were blocked when a semi, transporting corn, overturned on I-75 just north of the Silver Springs Boulevard (State Road 40) exit around 3:49 p.m.

A teacher is facing a charge for driving under the influence after Hernando County deputies said he crashed his car in the school parking lot. Deputies were called to Explorer K-8 in Spring Hill around 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12 after receiving reports of a single-vehicle crash involving a teacher at the school, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. A school resource deputy was the first on scene. Authorities said the deputy found PS, 32, unconscious behind the

Photo by: Cape Coral Fire Department One person was injured after a car crashed into a Cape Coral canal in the 200 block of SW 22nd Place on Thursday evening. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, firefighters and police worked together to get the victim out of the vehicle. The Cape Coral Police Department told Gulf Coast News there was a single occupant who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and an investigation is ongoing. Fire officials said the female victim was transferred

Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff’s Office The Brief A Port Charlotte man was killed on I-4 in Polk County after his pickup truck flipped early Tuesday morning, according to deputies.  The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said NMQ, 45, was identified as the driver who died.  What we know: PCSO’s traffic homicide unit said the crash happened just after 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 12, along I-4 near Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland. They said the Ford F-150 pickup truck was heading eastbound on I-4

Photo by:wsvn The driver of a pickup truck plowed into a pub at a shopping plaza in Margate, and officials said the building is now an unsafe structure. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Margate Fire Department units responded to the scene of the crash at Jerzy’s Sports Pub, located near West Atlantic Boulevard and Northwest 66th Avenue, at around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Fire officials said the driver of a Ford F-150 pulled into the parking lot of the plaza

A man arrested Friday in Lady Lake is accused of forcing his way into a 78-year-old woman’s home and hurting her in an attempt to steal her purse, according to police. CSJ, 53, faces charges of burglary of an occupied building with battery, robbery by sudden snatching and battery on a person 65 years or older, the Lady Lake Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to the home along St. Andrews Boulevard around 3:28 p.m. that day