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The driver of a semi-truck died Sunday after colliding with a wall on Central Florida Parkway, Florida Highway Patrol said.  Around 12:03 p.m., the driver was traveling westbound on Central Florida Parkway approaching Rocket Boulevard.  The driver reportedly ran the stop sign at the intersection and ran off the roadway in a westerly direction. The front of the semi-truck collided with a wall. The driver was pronounced deceased on the scene.  The crash remains under investigation.  The Ovadia Law Group

 man is dead after crashing his motorcycle near the Dolphin Expressway on Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred on the entrance ramp to westbound State Road 836 (Dolphin Expressway) coming from southbound Northwest 42 Avenue. Here, FHP stated that the motorcyclist somehow lost control of his vehicle while riding through the curve and collided with the guardrail. He was then thrown from his motorcycle before landing in the roadway, where he died. His motorcycle then caught

 A 32-year-old Land O’ Lakes man died at a local hospital after colliding with a car on Thursday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say a 33-year-old Tampa man was driving a Toyota Corolla north on North Nebraska Avenue around 7:44 p.m. According to authorities, the Land O’ Lakes man was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle southbound. At the intersection of East 127th Avenue, the Corolla turned left into the path of the motorcycle, according to troopers. FHP says the motorcycle

AJacksonville man died Friday morning after he was hit while attempting to a cross a road in Jacksonville’s Regency area, according to Florida Highway Patrol. At 12:04 a.m., a sedan driven by a 29-year-old Jacksonville man, was traveling southbound on State Road 113, or Southside Connector Boulevard in the outside lane, the FHP crash report states. A 34-year-old Jacksonville man was in the lane on SR-113, too, as he was riding a bicycle, attempting to cross the road in an

Photo by: fox13news A St. Petersburg man faces drunk driving charges after ramming into a Road Ranger on I-4 overnight, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Investigators say the Road Ranger was stopped along the interstate just east of Branch Forbes Road helping with an earlier crash. Cones were up and all of the truck’s emergency lights were on. Troopers say Vladislav Sushchik, 24, drove through the cones and hit the Road Ranger’s vehicle. Luckily, the ranger wasn’t seriously injured and

A Palm Beach Gardens police chase took a dramatic turn late Thursday night when the fleeing Mercedes went off an I-95 ramp and landed on another vehicle, the city’s police department confirmed. The driver of the Mercedes had already fled from a traffic stop once that night, when an officer tried pulling him over near the PGA Blvd. and Military Trail intersection, the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department (PBGPD) reported. Officers spotted the vehicle later in the night heading south

Photo by: wjhg “A car went flying through this door and ran through this whole building,” said Loan Nguyen. Nguyen has owned and operated Lisenby Beauty Supply Nail Spa in Panama City for 24 years. On Thursday, a vehicle crashed through the front of her business before stopping in the middle of the spa itself. “The car was way back there, literally the car was that way. Yeah, luckily no customers got hurt,” Nguyen said. Panama City Police Chief Mark

A girl is in the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle Friday morning while riding a scooter in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8:44 a.m. at the intersection of Avalon Park and Golden Isle boulevards, troopers said. According to FHP, the crash involved only the girl on the scooter — who troopers described as a high school student — and the vehicle that struck her. The girl was awake and verbal

A miniature pinscher has died, and the owner is in recovery after two dogs attacked them in Cape Coral. The family is telling their story in the hopes that this never happens to anyone else. The victim’s sister told WINK News Zeta’s owner was injured on Monday while trying to separate the dogs. “Zeta,” the miniature pinscher, was injured so severely that she died at the vet hospital. Despite being covered in bruises and scratches, Jessica Asencio is recovering okay.

Photo by: news journal A crane operated by a private contractor working on the beach Wednesday toppled over sending its operator to the hospital, beach officials said. The accident occurred behind the Towers Grande Condominiums at 2055 S. Atlantic Ave. after 5 p.m. in Daytona Beach Shores, said Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Capt. Alex Miller on Thursday. The crane was not moving when it tipped over, Miller said. The operator suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Halifax

A man in a wheelchair was struck and killed late Thursday in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 1 in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 10:25 p.m. on U.S. 1 south near Canaveral Groves Boulevard. The FHP said the man in the wheelchair was on the shoulder of U.S. 1 when he was fatally struck by an SUV, believed to be a 2013-17 Buick Enclave. The SUV took off after the crash, fleeing south

Homeowners in Palm Bay are tired of seeing streets flood when it rains and their yards saturated with water for weeks on end. The frustration comes as city officials say they’re months behind on drainage projects residents have reached out about, and hundreds of work orders in the city still haven’t been fixed. On several occasions, FOX 35 has seen entire neighborhoods flooded after a rainstorm. But, even when there isn’t rain in weeks, some yards still have standing water.