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Photo by: Northescambia Eight people — including six children — were critically injured in a pickup truck crash Sunday afternoon in Escambia County. It happened around 2:45 p.m. on O.C. Phillips Road off Highway 97A. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 37-year-old Walnut Hill woman was driving when she lost control of the pickup truck and collided with the embankment on the shoulder of the roadway. The truck overturned and came to a rest on its side. Six Walnut Hill

 An 18-year-old was arrested after he allegedly took his grandmother’s gun and used it to shoot into a car with four people inside on the Fourth of July, deputies said. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was called to 1062 George Anderson Street in Ormond Beach late Thursday after several shots were fired. Deputies said Dylan Preis, 18, of Ormond Beach, fired into the vehicle because he had a “recent falling out with the driver” of the car. Bullet holes in the vehicle

A person was in custody after a man was found shot to death in Coral Springs Monday morning, authorities said. The shooting happened at an apartment complex parking lot in the 200 block of Lakeview Drive. Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the victim’s body on the ground covered in blood. Coral Springs Police confirmed one person was dead and another was in custody. No other details were immediately known. At Ovadia Law Group, we provide comprehensive legal assistance to

A man was hospitalized after two suspects on jet skis opened fire on a party at a home in Golden Glades on Sunday night, officials said. The shooting happened shortly before 7:15 p.m. when the two suspects on jet skis shot at the rear of a home in the 15000 block of South River Drive, Miami-Dade Police officials said. The suspects fired towards the home during a party following a verbal dispute, police said. One was was hit by the

Photo by:  Monroe County Fire Rescue Medics airlifted three people to Miami-area hospitals after an overnight boat crash in the Lower Florida Keys Monday. Officials said a 35-foot center console boat, operated at a “high rate of speed,” hit the South Pine Channel Bridge off Little Torch Key at around 2 a.m. Local 10 News learned the group set sail at around 9 p.m. Sunday. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, eight people were aboard: six adults

 On Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol responded to a single-vehicle fatality in Walton County. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Interstate 10 eastbound near mile maker 93. The crash involved a 27-year-old driver from Santa Rosa Beach and a 22-year-old passenger from DeFuniak Springs, officials said. According to a news release, a red GMC pickup truck was traveling east and lost control while on the wet roadway. The vehicle ran off the roadway,

Photo by: mysuncoast The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol are investigating a crash that happened in Sarasota County over the weekend leaving Westbound and Eastbound lanes of Fruitville Road at Vic Edwards Road closed for hours. According to the crash report, a pick-up truck swerved into the wrong lane crashing into another truck head-on. The 24-year-old driver from Lakewood Ranch and his passenger of the first truck were hospitalized and critically injured. The 70-year-old driver from Sarasota

A man was killed and a car was left a mangled mess after a wild overnight crash in Cooper City that sent another victim to the hospital and shut down traffic for hours at a busy intersection, authorities said. 7News cameras captured a white car involved split in half near Sheridan Street and University Drive hours after the early Saturday morning wreck. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of the single-vehicle crash at around 4:30 a.m. First responders

Photo by: wsvn  Authorities are investigating an early morning crash along Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale that left one motorcyclist dead. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene of the wreck along the northbound lanes of the highway near State Road 84 and the I-595 exchange, just after 5 a.m., Sunday. Cameras captured the mangled motorcycle involved in the wreck, as well as the victim’s body covered with a yellow tarp. A witness who identified himself as Aaron told

Photo by: wsvn Three people were injured and hospitalized after an SUV collided with a building in Northwest Miami-Dade early Monday morning. The crash occurred around midnight at a local business on Northwest 22nd Avenue, sending three individuals to the hospital. Video footage of the aftermath showed a large hole in the side of the building and significant debris scattered around the crash site. “It’s gonna be a one car accident. It’s gonna be a vehicle versus a building,” radioed

Photo by: wfla A St. Petersburg woman was injured early Saturday morning after a tree branch fell on her, police said. The St. Petersburg Police Department said at 6 a.m., a branch from an oak tree broke off and hit two houses. When the woman went outside to see what happened, a second, larger branch crushed her, pinning her to the sidewalk. However, firefighters were able to get the woman out, and she was taken to a local hospital for

Photo by:  wfla A fire left a single-family home significantly damaged, according to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. Fire rescue said firefighters responded to the scene around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday to find the home engulfed in flames. A spokesperson for fire rescue called the home, located on 40th Ave. South, “a complete loss.” Thankfully, the occupants of the home made it out before the fire spread. Firefighters extinguished the flames after it made its way into the home’s attic. A