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Photo by: fox13news One person died in a mobile home fire early Monday morning, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.  Units with PCFR responded to a residential structure fire at 1640 Hwy. 12-92 Lot #8 in Lake Alfred at 1:51 a.m. on Monday. The first unit arrived within six minutes of being dispatched to find a trailer on Lot #8 of Lakeview RV Park fully engulfed in fire, according to PCFR. It was unknown at the time if anyone was inside the

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Lauderhill early Saturday morning. The crash was reported just after 6 a.m. near the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 31st Avenue. According to Lauderhill police, fire rescue personnel responded to the scene and transported the victim to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The age, gender or status of the patient and driver were not released by authorities. No other details have been reported at this time.

Photo by: news4jax A woman was taken to a hospital after a dispute on the street led to a shooting in the front yard of a house in the Woodstock neighborhood early Saturday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said people who knew each other got into a fight on Sunnybrook Avenue North. The altercation eventually spilled into the front yard of a house, where more than one person started shooting. A woman was shot in the hand and

In a heart-wrenching incident on Jacksonville’s Arlington Area, a hit-and-run collision has resulted in the tragic loss of a four-year-old child’s life. The incident unfolded on Merrill Road, leaving the community in shock and mourning. According to reports from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), the fatal collision occurred when a silver SUV, carrying both a driver and a child passenger, was traveling westbound on Merrill Road. Eyewitnesses on the scene recounted a light-colored sedan suddenly changing lanes, causing the SUV

One person was reportedly killed in a motorcycle crash early Sunday morning north of the Caloosahatchee Bridge in Fort Myers. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, a motorcyclist died in a crash right after 2 a.m. on Feb. 11. The crash happened in the northbound lanes of the Caloosahatchee Bridge. Officers are still on scene. Motorcycle accidents often result in devastating consequences for riders and their families. Ovadia Law Group is committed to assisting those who have suffered injuries

Photo by: click orlando Interstate 75 was shut down Friday afternoon in Collier County after an airplane crashed on the roadway, damaging two vehicles, sparking a fire and killing two people, according to officials in Southwest Florida. The incident happened near Naples just after 3 p.m. and southbound traffic on I-75 was closed at Immolakee Road (mile marker 111) while northbound traffic was closed at Golden Gate Parkway (mile marker 105). Hours later around 7:43 p.m., the Collier County Sheriff’s Office announced

A pedestrian was struck by an SUV and killed late Friday while lying in a Merritt Island roadway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 10:20 p.m. on N. Banana River Drive at Central Avenue, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the pedestrian — identified as a 29-year-old Merritt Island man — was lying in the northbound lane of Banana River Drive in the direct path of the SUV. As a result, the SUV struck

A St. Cloud motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a pickup truck on Saturday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened on Holopaw Road and Concord Road around 7:35 p.m. Troopers said a Mitsubishi Raider pickup truck was driving south on Holopaw Road, approaching Concord Road at the same time a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling north on Holopaw Road, south of Concord Road. According to a crash report, the driver of the pickup truck

 A woman was killed and three other people were injured in what authorities described as a chain-reaction crash along Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale that involved six vehicles and shut down the highway for hours. Florida Highway Patrol and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the wreck near State Road 84, at around 4 a.m., Sunday. According to investigators, a red Kia Forte was headed south, north of Marina Mile Boulevard, when the driver lost control

A Summerfield woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence following her arrest after a two-vehicle collision. Roberta Jean Fansler, 52, pleaded no contest to the drunk driving charge this past week in Marion County Court. She was arrested after a rear-end collision at about 3 p.m. Jan. 31 on SE 132nd Street Road east of U.S. 301. Her SUV ran into the back of a pickup, according to an arrest report from the Florida

Photo by: wsvn A collision on the water involving a tour boat out of Bayside sent more than a dozen people to the hospital, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash several miles away from PortMiami, just after 3:15 p.m., Sunday. “We got a call that two vessels collided in Fisherman’s [Channel],” said MDFR Division Chief Horacio Rodriguez. Units with City of Miami Fire Rescue, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S.

A Gainesville woman was killed in a car accident on Saturday night. Florida Highway Patrol says the 88-year-old was driving south of County Road 237, and a pickup truck was driving on U.S. 441 in Alachua County. The woman tried to cross the northbound lanes of U.S. 441 but got in the way of the pickup truck and crashed. First responders pronounced the woman dead on the scene, and the driver of the pickup truck was minorly injuries. Being involved