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Phot by: wsvn A small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in Pembroke Pines, causing a road closure and sending four people to the hospital, police said. Pembroke Pines Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Southwest 14th Street and 68th Boulevard Sunday night. 7News cameras captured police cruisers and fire rescue vehicles in a residential neighborhood, as well as one of the plane’s wheels on the ground, conveying just how

A woman was shot and killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Miami by a man who then turned the gun on himself, police said. City of Miami Police units responded to the scene of the double shooting near Northwest 23rd Street and 18th Court in the Allapattah neighborhood, at around 7:40 a.m. on Sunday. Responding officers arrived to find the man and the woman dead in the parking lot of the complex. 7News cameras captured detectives

A Largo police officer, along with one other individual, was injured in a traffic crash that occurred Sunday in Pinellas County. According to the Largo Police Department, at 2:30 p.m., deputies responded to a vehicle crash at East Bay Drive and Country Club Drive. The crash involved a vehicle and a Largo police cruiser. Both the officer and the driver of the vehicle were injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Duke Energy was on the scene working

A fire broke out early Saturday morning at the San Jose Apartments, a senior living community in San Jose. The fire started around 7:40 a.m. in the kitchen stove area, according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Captain Eric Prosswimmer. The building has 60 units. One person was taken to the hospital with injuries. The fire is now out. The entire building lost power, and water service has been shut off. JFRD says the power is coming back on now,

A 30-year-old Bradford County woman died early Sunday morning after her ATV and another vehicle were involved in a crash in Putnam County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said the ATV and the other involved car were heading east on State Road 100 when the car’s front right crashed into the ATV after midnight near State Road 26. The ATV’s passenger, a 30-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, troopers said. The person who was

Photo by WJXT News4JAX The Florida Highway Patrol said a Nassau County motorcyclist, 29, died Sunday morning after her motorcycle crashed with an SUV on Jacksonville’s Northside. FHP said the SUV’s driver and passenger, both from Jacksonville, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries following the Duval County crash. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. near Airport Road and Duval Road when the motorcyclist, riding a red Harley-Davidson, was heading east on Airport Road and approached Duval Road, FHP

Photo by WJXT News4JAX Five people were rescued Sunday afternoon after their boat caught fire in the area of Julington Creek and the St. Johns River, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue crews. Around 12:15 p.m., St. Johns County Fire Rescue said it, along with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department and Clay County Fire Rescue, responded to a reported boat fire. SJCFR said crews arrived on scene to find a sailboat “fully involved” and its five occupants in the water. All

A 21-year-old Orange City woman was struck and killed early Sunday in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 1 a.m. on US-17 near N Spring Garden Avenue. According to a crash report, the woman was walking on the shoulder on US-17. A 2005 Ford F-250 on US-17 went off the roadway and struck the woman, troopers said, before fleeing north. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses provided a description of the

 The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting after a man was found shot inside a car in northwest Miami-Dade. It happened at The Village Flea Market located near the intersection of Northwest 79th Street and 27th Avenue just before 6 p.m. Saturday. When first responders arrived, they said they found a man in a gray car who had been shot. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The sheriff’s office had

Photo by: Local10 There were delays on I-75 Sunday morning due to a crash. It happened near the I-595 interchange with I-75 in Weston just before 7 a.m. Local 10 crews learned on scene that the crash involved an Amazon tractor trailer. Crews also spotted a yellow tarp covering what appeared to be a body, which is typically indicative of a death. Police later confirmed that a pedestrian had been struck by the Amazon truck and that person had been

Photo by: St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office  The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a call early Sunday morning about a truck submerged in a canal in Fort Pierce. The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to the scene at around 6 a.m. and found that the vehicle had crashed through the guardrail and become almost fully submerged in the water. The status of any occupants in the truck was unknown at the time, and a dive team

A man’s leg was ran over by a vehicle outside of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday. The incident happened after a Jeep hit a protestor outside the entrance of the detention center on U.S. 41. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene after it happened. Florida Highway Patrol responded to the incident. The protestor was injured and taken to Kendall Regional Hospital. How Ovadia Law Group Builds Strong Pedestrian Accident CasesAt Ovadia Law Group, we know that a successful