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Two people were killed in a crash on Tuesday evening in Ocala. According to the Ocala Police Department, at 8:23 p.m., OPD received a call about a crash involving two vehicles, a car and an SUV, near the 1500 block of SE 36th Ave.   When officers arrived, the car was fully engulfed in flames. Ocala Fire Rescue arrived and extinguished the flames within minutes.  Officers said the driver and passenger of one of the vehicles, a man and woman,

Photo by: click orlando  A fire damaged several vehicles inside a car dealership in Orlando, according to the city’s fire department. Firefighters responded early Wednesday to Orlando Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram along West Colonial Drive, reporting that as many as three cars were damaged. News 6 arrived in the aftermath and spotted crews cutting a vent hole into the structure. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but no injuries were reported, investigators said. No other details have

A motorist is dead after being ejected from his car after crashing into an SUV on I-75 near North Port. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash was reported at around 8:37 p.m., on Tuesday at the mile marker 183 in Sarasota County. FHP reports that a man, 23, was traveling in a sedan down I-75 on the middle lane, approaching an SUV from behind. The SUV was traveling directly in front of the sedan. The sedan then crashed

Photo by: fox13news A pedestrian was struck and killed in St. Pete early Tuesday morning, according to police. Officers with the St. Petersburg Police Department responded to 22nd Avenue South and Grove Street South at 7:19 a.m. on Tuesday for a crash involving a pedestrian. The pedestrian, 59-year-old Opprittee Morris, was taken to Bayfront Health where she was later pronounced dead. Officials say a black Toyota Camry was headed west on 22nd Avenue South near 7th Street South as Morris was crossing

A man was shot dead in the office of a golf course community Monday night and the victim’s girlfriend is in custody, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said. At 6:43 p.m., the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a woman who said had just shot her boyfriend in the 100 block of Woodland Drive, spokesman Sgt. Kevin Jaworski said. Deputies arrived at a real estate office within the Vista Royale Community, which is east of U.S. 1 and

A 34-year-old Lake City woman died on U.S. 27 just west of Fort White when she struck a pickup head-on Monday afternoon. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the Lake City woman was driving an SUV east on U.S. 27 near SW Rambling Ct. at 4:30 p.m. when she drove into the oncoming lane and struck a pickup headed west. Emergency responders pronounced the Lake City woman dead on scene. She was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt. The

Photo by: local10 A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital Monday night after crashing into a police vehicle in Fort Lauderdale, authorities confirmed Tuesday. A Fort Lauderdale police spokesperson said the crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. near the 700 block of W. Broward Boulevard. Responding officers determined that the motorcyclist rear-ended the unmarked police vehicle. The motorcyclist was transported by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue to Broward Health Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Authorities confirmed the involved

A motorist is dead after a one-vehicle accident in Jackson County. The crash happened on Interstate 10 around 3:30 Monday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle was traveling east on I-10 in the inside left lane. The sedan then traveled off the paved portion of the roadway, the car struck the County Road 195 overpass and became fully engulfed, according to FHP. The accident is still under investigation and the identity of the victim has not yet been

Photo by: Daytona Daily News A Florida man shot by Dayton police in early January following a chase and crash from Trotwood to U.S. 35 was discharged from a local hospital and booked into the Montgomery County Jail. James Michael Skirvin, 54, of Venice, Florida, was booked at 12:48 p.m. Friday into the jail, records show. He had been a patient since Jan. 8 at Miami Valley Hospital. Skirvin was indicted Jan 17 by a Montgomery County jury for felonious

A Florida man died Friday while on a snorkeling trip in the Florida Keys, officials said. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Leonard Cleveland Brown, 54, of Boca Raton lost consciousness while snorkeling with a Bungalows Key Largo vessel. Deputies responded to the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo at about 12:15 p.m. after learning of the medical emergency. According to the sheriff’s office, the Bungalows staff tried to perform CPR on Brown, but he died at

A Florida man has found himself behind bars after he allegedly stole an Amazon delivery van from a driver in Ormond Beach and took it for a joyride.  “Is your package late?” the sheriff’s office wrote on social media.  Matthew Darwin Houghtaling is charged with grand theft, meth trafficking and possession of weed after the incident that occurred in Volusia County on Sunday, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.  The Amazon delivery driver told deputies that he was delivering a package on

A Coral Springs man is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly decapitating his own dog. According to an arrest report, Coral Springs police were called by a man on Tuesday, who said his roommate killed his dog with a knife. Police said Steve Douglas McKinney, 58, spontaneously said “I killed Katie” when they arrived. Officers said they found the dog on a dog bed on the back patio nearly decapitated, with its head only being held on by a small