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A crash Thursday morning on Jacks Branch Road in Escambia County killed a 64-year-old woman on a bike. It happened around 8:30 a.m. just south of Nowak Dairy Rd. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a Honda sedan driven by a Pensacola woman was traveling north on Jacks Branch Road, while a bicyclist was also traveling north on Jacks Branch Rd. “Due to unknown reasons at this time, the black Honda sedan collided with the rear of the bicycle, resulting in

Photo by WJXT News4JAX The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly crash at the intersection of Lem Turner Road and Prospect Street Thursday afternoon. Video from the scene showed a badly damaged motorcycle and a red SUV with its airbags deployed. According to police, the SUV was heading northbound on Lem Turner Road, when it made a U-turn at the intersection of Prospect Street. At the same time, the motorcyclist was headed southbound on a motorcycle and collided with

Photo by: local10  A fire erupted Thursday afternoon at a church in Miami Gardens. Sky 10 was above the scene around 2:15 p.m. as Miami-Dade firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze in the 18400 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue. The fire appeared to be mostly extinguished, but firefighters could be seen spraying the roof with water. Most of the damage to the building appeared to be on the roof. No other details were immediately released. Fire accidents can cause

mergency crews were on the scene of a deadly crash on Amelia Island Parkway in Fernandina Beach on Thursday afternoon. Amelia Island Parkway is closed from South 8th Street to Via Del Mar Road until further notice, according to the latest update from the Fernandina Beach Police Department. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, this crash involves a fatality. Drivers are urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes. This is a developing story. A car accident can change

A 52-year-old Pensacola man is critically injured after being hit while walking across Massachusetts Avenue “improperly,” according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened Wednesday around 7 p.m. FHP says a 28-year-old Pensacola woman was traveling east on Massachusetts in her SUV when she hit the 52-year-old man, who attempted to cross the road improperly. The man was transported to the hospital in critical condition. No further details have been released. If you’ve been injured in a pedestrian accident, you

A Kissimmee woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when the Florida Highway Patrol reports she was struck by an eastbound vehicle on West U.S. Highway 192. According to FHP’s report, around 4:43 p.m. a Ford Fusion was approaching Westside Boulevard, west of Interstate 4, in the inside lane. The 27-year-old female victim was walking northbound in the lanes of 192, not in a marked crosswalk. Troopers say the driver, a 45-year-old Clermont man, swerved to miss her but struck her. The

A man arrested Monday in Marion County is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl, according to the sheriff’s office. RMS, 56, faces charges of unlawful use of a two-way communications device, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and two counts each of lewd of lascivious conduct, lewd or lascivious exhibition over a computer service, use of a child in a sexual performance, transmitting material harmful to a minor and possession of child pornography, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office

Two Belle Glade women and man have been arrested and charged with aggravated battery and battery after allegedly participating in a violent domestic incident involving a pregnant victim, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the incident involved multiple family members and escalated into physical violence against KH, who is approximately eight weeks pregnant by one of the suspects, HB. According to the probable cause affidavit, deputies responded to the scene at an apartment on Prewitt Avenue

Photo by: south trail fire One person was taken to the hospital after a kitchen fire broke out at a senior living facility in Lee County. South Trail Fire & Rescue said it responded to a kitchen fire at American House, a three-story senior assisted living facility, Wednesday. Firefighters arrived to find activated fire alarms and a sprinkler system that had been triggered. Fire crews immediately coordinated with staff to ensure evacuations were underway before entering the affected unit, where