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Photo: (SLFCD) If your Monday morning commute in St. Lucie County looked a little smoky, it’s because a pickup truck caught fire on I-95. According to the St. Lucie County Fire District, crews responded to a vehicle fire on I-95 near mile marker 175. When firefighters arrived, they found a Ford F-250 engulfed in flames on the shoulder of the interstate. The fire temporarily affected traffic. Firefighters launched an aggressive attack on the fire while the Florida Highway Patrol worked

Photo: St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office A pedestrian was hit by a semi and killed Tuesday morning on State Road 16 near I-95, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. The eastbound lanes of State Road 16 between Outlet Mall Boulevard and Inman Road are shut down because of the fatal crash, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office posted around 7 a.m. Tuesday. SJSO is diverting traffic to Outlet Mall Boulevard. Personalized Legal Strategies for Pedestrian Accident CasesEvery pedestrian accident

Photo: GulfCoast One person was injured, and two people fled the scene of a crash near Veronica S Shoemaker Boulevard in Fort Myers Tuesday morning. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, officers responded to the scene of a single-vehicle crash at around 3:40 a.m. near the intersection of Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard and Teeside Lane. A passenger in the rear seat of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital as a trauma alert, FMPD said. The driver and

photo: WFTS The southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 19 in Tarpon Springs were closed on Tuesday morning due to a crash, authorities said. At about 2:25 a.m., the Tarpon Springs Police and Fire Departments responded to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 19 North near East Tarpon Avenue. It occurred in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 19, just north of the intersection, officers said. The crash involved a red 2022 Hyundai sedan and a silver 2010 Chevrolet SUV. Three

Photo: WKMG Southbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down in Brevard County Tuesday morning following a serious crash. The crash happened around 4:30 a.m., north of State Road 46. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the collision involved a semi tractor-trailer and a Ford F-450 pickup truck towing a trailer loaded with gravel. The driver of the Ford F-450 was entrapped in the vehicle following the crash. Rescue crews freed the driver, who was then transported by helicopter to

Photo: WKMG An 85-year-old Daytona Beach woman was killed early Monday morning in a rear-end crash on Interstate 95 northbound in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. near the State Road 44 exit in New Smyrna Beach. A stretch of the road was shut down but has since reopened. According to FHP, a 2017 Lincoln Continental and a 2014 Kia Soul were both traveling northbound in the center lane when the Lincoln

Photo: GulfCoast A 35-year-old Fort Myers woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on southbound I-75 near the Alico Road exit in Lee County on Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman was driving a 2022 Toyota at mile marker 130 before she went off the road and entered the sloped grass shoulder. The front of the vehicle hit the signpost for the exit 128 off-ramp to Alico Road at 12:19 p.m., and after the crash, the

Southbound lanes of US-19 are now open after a crash early Tuesday morning. The Tarpon Springs Police Department responded to a crash involving two vehicles around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Tarpon Avenue and US Highway 19 North. According to officers, three people inside a 2022 red Hyundai sedan sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital. It is unclear if anyone in the 2010 Chevrolet SUV was injured. According to TSPD, the department’s traffic homicide unit

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said they are investigating a fatal crash that left one dead and one on life support in Seminole on Monday night. Deputies said a Genesis GV80, driven by an 18-year-old St. Petersburg woman, was traveling southbound in the center lane on Seminole Boulevard at around 6:02 p.m. on July 13. As the Genesis was approaching 50th Avenue North, deputies said a Chrysler PT Cruiser, driven by an 85-year-old St. Petersburg man, was in the

Photo: WESH2 New video shows the moments a man was arrested after a hit-and-run crash involving a fire truck in Volusia County. The Florida Highway Patrol video shows R in the back of a trooper’s car. Investigators said R hit a Volusia County fire truck that was at the scene of another crash and then fled, continuing on International Speedway Boulevard. His car eventually struck a pole, and part of the engine was thrown out. In the video, R became

Photo: Wesh Video shared with WESH 2 News shows a driver running a teen on a bike off the road and then slapping him after the teen confronts her in Lake Nona. This all unfolded Friday afternoon near Laureate Park, according to one of the teens involved. “Get the (expletive) out the way now,” the woman could be heard in the video yelling at the teen during a confrontation between the two after the incident. WESH 2 spoke with several

Photo: Wesh2 Two school principals in Lake County were arrested on DUI charges in Clermont after separate incidents involving the same car early on July 5. The passenger, Christina Alcalde, and the driver, J, identified themselves as principals shortly after being pulled over around 2 a.m. Alcalde listed her employment address as 14012 Old Highway 50 in Clermont, which matches the Minneola address of Pinecrest Lakes Academy. The school’s staff page showed her as the principal as of Monday night.