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A man has died following a crash Friday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said they received a call around 11:30 p.m. from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office of a man sitting on the overpass bridge of Osceola Parkway. FHP said that according to the sheriff’s office, the pedestrian jumped from the bridge and landed on the Florida Turnpike. According to a news release, an unknown vehicle hit the man in the southbound lane of State Road 91. After

 A 19-year-old man was arrested and accused of murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old that happened in Mandarin in December 2023, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Colton Moore, who was already in custody on unrelated charges, has now been charged with the murder of 16-year-old Derek Pitts, according to police. Pitts was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Coopers Hawk Apartment homes on Old St Augustine Road on Dec. 30, 2023. For weeks, Pitts’ family

Photo by: news4jax A man was found shot to death inside a car on Cesery Boulevard, right off Arlington Expressway, early Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 4:15 a.m., police said they found the man, possibly in his 20s or 30s, inside a car on the side of the road. News4JAX went to the scene of the homicide and counted at least three evidence markers in the middle of Cesery Boulevard. The man has not been identified. No

Source: news4jax One person died and another person was taken to a hospital Thursday morning following a home fire in Middleburg. A Clay County fire official said the condition of the person who survived the mobile home fire on Sandy Oak Road near Oakleaf is unknown. No other details were immediately available. Facing the aftermath of a fire accident can be daunting, but Ovadia Law Group is here to provide the legal assistance you need to move forward. Call us

A 37-year-old Loxahatchee man was killed overnight in a motorcycle crash in Loxahatchee, according to an incident report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. According to the report, Phillip McCutcheon was riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R motorcycle westbound on Okeechobee Blvd at a high rate of speed when he attempted to pass a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. McCutcheon entered the eastbound lane in an attempt to pass the pickup truck, but there was a vehicle travelling eastbound, which prevented him

Photo by: news4jax  A 27-year-old man was arrested and accused of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl in New Town on Friday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said they responded to a home on West 2nd Street around 11:20 a.m. When officers arrived, there were several people inside the house, including Layla D. Johnson, 16, who had been shot, according to police. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department pronounced Johnson dead at the scene. Police initially

A man was found with a gunshot wound in the abdomen Sunday morning around 11:40 a.m. on Jacksonville’s Westside and he is in critical condition, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Officials said the victim and suspect were engaged in a dispute on North Davis Street and the suspect shot the victim one time. JSO said everyone involved is accounted for and there is no danger to the community. Sunday at around 5:30 a.m., there was another shooting near Edgewood Avenue

A Saturday night triple-shooting put three men in the hospital according to Miami-Dade police. Sunday afternoon, Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade & the Florida Keys announced that one of the men, Joshua Louis, died. What police know is around 8:30 p.m., a man walking his dog near Northwest 81st Street and Ninth Avenue in West Little River also happened to be near two other men who got into an argument. That dispute escalated in gunfire and all three men got hit.

A crash involving three vehicles left a 24-year-old woman dead and several people injured on State Road 100 at Deen Road near Bunnell, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said a woman in a pickup truck carrying three passengers was traveling westbound on SR 100 while a car and an SUV were traveling eastbound. The car crossed the center line of the two-lane roadway and sideswiped the pickup truck. FHP said the pickup truck then lost control, crossed the

Photo by: msn Two people were taken to a hospital Thursday, Feb. 22 after a car crashed into a thrift shop in Delray Beach.  The crash happened at 1 p.m. at the thrift shop, part of Lake Ida Plaza at the corner of Lake Ida Road and North Congress Avenue. A gray BMW 3-Series sedan ran over the sidewalk and through the storefront, pictures provided by the Delray Beach Police showed. Photos also showed about three-fourths of the vehicle in the

A devastating multi-vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Landstar Blvd. and Peach Blossom Drive in Meadow Woods, FL, resulting in multiple casualties, including a reported fatality. The tragic incident involved two vehicles and has prompted an extensive emergency response. Five individuals were assessed at the scene, with one confirmed fatality among the victims. The severity of the accident has drawn a significant response from Orange County emergency services, underscoring the seriousness of the crash. Units responding to the scene

A man was killed by electrocution after hitting a power line while trimming a tree about 50 feet in the air on Saturday morning in Arlington, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Officials responded to a home on Townsend Oak Court in Arlington where they said a man in his 30s or 40s accidentally hit a power line while trimming a tree. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JSO said the man was not affiliated