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Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation The Interstate 295 southbound lanes at Main Street on Jacksonville’s Northside are currently shut down due to an accident with injuries, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police say all traffic is being moved to the left emergency lanes. Drivers are encouraged to use caution in the area and seek alternative routes if possible.  First Coast News will provide updates when they are made available. Coping with the aftermath of a car accident is challenging,

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating 2 shooting scenes within less than a mile of each other. Police said that at around 9:30 p.m. Monday, patrol officers were dispatched to Evergreen Place to calls about a shooting. While en route, the officers got an additional call about a person shot on East 48th Street. When officers arrived at the East 48th Street scene, they located a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to his head. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue

Photo by: local10 The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that left a dump truck driver dead. According to FHP Lt. Indiana Miranda, the crash was reported at 6:42 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 27 near Mile Marker 40 in west Broward County. Miranda said the 1992 Ford dump truck was heading south on U.S. 27 when, for unknown reasons, the driver veered off the roadway, traveling onto the right shoulder before the truck overturned. She said the truck came

Incident Date/Time: February 25, 2024 at 6:28 p.m.Incident Location: S Morgan St/Channelside Dr SuspectName: Shyquan Lee Galon (W/M)DOB: 02/26/2005Charges: One Misdemeanor Count of Battery, One Misdemeanor Count of Criminal Mischief, Two Felony Counts of Shooting At Within Or Into A Vehicle On Sunday, February 25, 2024, Tampa Police Officers responded to the intersection of S Morgan St and Channelside Dr at approximately 6:28 p.m. after multiple reports of shots fired following a two-vehicle crash. Based on the investigation, officers were

A team bus for the Philadelphia Phillies was involved in an accident after its spring training game against the Boston Red Sox on Monday, which took place at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla. MLB.com reported the accident, which involved a bus that was carrying both players and team personnel. There were no reported injuries. The accident appeared to be a fender-bender, as the bus was rear-ended by a car as the bus was entering I-75 North via an on-ramp. The bus suffered

Photo by: nbc-2 A car was left charred after it caught on fire in a south Fort Myers crash on Sunday night. The black pickup truck burst into flames along McGregor Boulevard at Rails End Court at 10:38 p.m. NBC2 crews at the scene noted there was major damage to the surrounding palm tree and fence. Debris was on the sidewalk. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the crash is related to an altercation involving known subjects. The crash

One man died following a crash in Tallahassee Monday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol, officials responded to the scene around 8 p.m. FHP said an 18-year-old man was riding his motorcycle on Crawfordville Rd when he crashed into the back of a pick-up truck. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the pick-up was taken to a local hospital and is expected to recover. Leon County Sheriff’s Office, Tallahassee Police Department and Leon County EMS

Photo by: Martin County Fire Rescue A crash in Okeechobee involving a box truck and semi-truck ended in tragedy on Monday afternoon. Martin County Fire Rescue (MCFR) said the north and southbound lanes along SW Conners Highway, near the Port Mayaca Polo Club, are closed due to a deadly crash. Crews arrived at the crash site at around 2 p.m. Following an initial investigation, fire rescue said one truck rear-ended the other. Photos taken at the scene show the front

Photo by:  Martin County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook A motorcyclist and a pedestrian died in separate crashes on the Treasure Coast over the weekend, the Florida Highway Patrol said Monday. Just before 11 p.m. Friday, a 41-year-old Port St. Lucie man died in a motorcycle crash on State Road A1A, south of Jensen Beach. A day later at 10 p.m. Saturday, a 60-year-old man died after being struck by a car while walking across U.S. 1 north of Vero Beach and near

Photo by: msn Minor injuries were reported after a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer was involved in an early morning crash on the Fuller Warren Bridge. The First Alert Sky Camera Network showed two vehicles were involved on I-95 northbound. The Florida Department of Transportation said the crash happened at around 1 a.m. he JSO cruiser has extensive rear-end damage. The other car is heavily damaged on its front end. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said both the officer and another person were transported

A 42-year-old man is dead, and another is injured after a car struck a pickup truck stopped near the Interstate-295 north exit ramp to Interstate-10 eastbound, causing it to move and hit the two men who were on the scene Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The pickup truck was on the scene assisting a tractor-trailer repair a tire at the time of the crash around 11:45 a.m., according to an FHP crash report, which does not indicate if

Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a police officer sustained minor injuries after a multi-car crash in Panama City Beach. Troopers said the incident happened around 4:21 a.m. Saturday morning. They said an SUV and a marked Panama City Beach Police patrol car were both stopped at the red light at the intersection of Back Beach Road and State Road 79. Officials said a passenger van was driving towards the stopped cars and red light but failed to stop in time.