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Phot by: first coast news. A deadly crash involving a mail truck shut down 103rd and Lambing Road Tuesday afternoon. The Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Department confirmed that one person was killed in the crash. A report from Florida Highway Patrol identified the person killed a 40-year-old postal worker.  The mail truck was overturned in the accident.  The report says two other cars were involved. A 45-year-old had minor injuries and a 58-year-old also had minor injuries. The Jacksonville Fire & Rescue

Photo by: fox13news Six RVs were involved in a fire and three were destroyed at a dealership in Dover early Wednesday morning. According to the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, the fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at Blue Compass RV at 4656 McIntosh Road in Dover. A driver on I-4 saw the fire from afar and called 911. Crews arrived on scene to find four fifth-wheel style RVs on fire, three of which were fully involved. According to HCFR, crews deployed handlines

Photo by: wesh A crash involving a vehicle and a train is being investigated. The crash happened near Monroe Road and Orange Boulevard, according to Sanford police. The Seminole County Fire Department told WESH 2 everyone inside of the car had already gotten out of the vehicle when the crash occurred and no one was injured. The fire department also confirmed the train involved was a SunRail train. Accidents happen, but you don’t have to face the aftermath alone. Ovadia

Photo by: Marion County Fire Rescue One man was severely injured on Saturday after his fishing boat was struck by another boat on Ocklawaha River. Shortly after 11:55 a.m., several Marion County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the Ocklawaha River, south of the Moss Bluff Dam, in reference to a boating accident. According to MCFR, a boat with four people on board was navigating the river when it hit a man who was in his fishing boat. After the

Photo by: fox 13 news A bicyclist was killed in a crash in St. Petersburg early Tuesday morning, according to police.  Officers with the St. Petersburg Police Department responded to the intersection of 5th Avenue North and 49th Street North at around 6:11 a.m. for a crash.  The bicyclist, a man in his 60s, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said his next of kin have not been notified.  Additional information will be released as it becomes available. 

Miramar Police responded to reports of a body on the road, leading to closures on US-27 as authorities investigate. Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, live video footage showed heavy traffic on the highway on the northbound lanes of US- 27 about half a mile north of Krome Avenue as authorities closed the road to investigate. Police said they found a pedestrian who was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary reports indicate that this incident is a hit-and-run as no vehicle was

Some of the worst drivers in the country can be found in Florida, according to a recent study from Forbes Advisor. The study measured the 50 most-populated cities in the U.S. and compared car crash data for each one to find which cities have the worst drivers and are the most dangerous to drive in. And this is on the heels of a study from insurance policy shopping platform Assurance IQ revealing that Florida is home to the most dangerous highway in

One pedestrian is dead after being struck during a collision in Alachua County on Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 68-year-old man was walking in CR 232 on the eastbound lane around 1 a.m. when a tractor-trailer driver was traveling east on CR 232. The FHP said the front of the vehicle collided with the pedestrian, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The tractor-trailer driver was a 60-year-old man with a 30-year-old passenger, and

Photo by: local10 Several people were injured in a crash involving a police officer on Monday night. It happened just after 8:30 p.m. in the area of Northwest 10th Street and 7th Avenue in Miami. According to Miami police Officer Michael Vega, the officer was traveling northbound on Northwest Seven Avenue with their lights and siren on while they were enroute to a child choking/not breathing. Vega said the officer collided with a Volkswagen Jetta that was heading eastbound on

One of Collier County’s Commissioners is now out on bond in a battery case. Last week Commissioner Ricky LoCastro vehemently denied the allegations of domestic violence against him, after the State Attorney’s Office in Monroe County issued a warrant for his arrest. A Collier County Sheriff’s Office arrest report shows LoCastro was picked up at a local medical center just after 1:00pm Monday. He was booked into the jail and released on bond within the hour. In an incident report

One person died after someone shot into a vehicle during a disagreement between two groups Monday, Riviera Beach police said. At 5 p.m., police responded to the incident at 1000 W. Blue Heron Boulevard and Barack Obama Highway, according to spokeswoman Serena Spates. This location is the site of a Chevron gas station. One individual shot into a vehicle during the disagreement and a person died, Spates said. Information on the victim cannot be released because the family had not

A woman who was struck and killed while trying to help victims of a crash on Interstate 95 in Broward County over the weekend has been identified as an EMT. In a GoFundMe, family members identified the woman killed early Sunday as 23-year-old Yanaisa Pulido. The post said Pulido had finished the Hialeah Fire Cadet program in 2019 and worked as an EMT in Miami-Dade while going to school. “Yanaisa was a hero and wanted to help people however she could. Her dream