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A 14-year-old boy died on Sunday after being struck that morning by a trailer in Port Orange, according to police. Officers responded at 11:15 a.m. to the 90 block of Dunlawton Avenue regarding a CPR in progress, a news release states. It was found there that the boy had been struck by a trailer being pulled by a vehicle he had just exited, police said. The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to his

A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Winter Springs was killed after he was thrown from his bike in Seminole County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Trooper said the crash happened at Howell Branch Rod and Winterbrook Way around 5:27 p.m. According to a crash report, the motorcycle was traveling east on Howell Branch Road approaching Winterbrook Way at the same time a pedestrian was walking east on the south sidewalk of Howell Branch Road. Troopers said the motorcyclist failed to negotiate

A 30-year-old Tampa man and a 36-year-old woman from Fitzgerald, Georgia died after a crash on SR-56 Saturday afternoon, according to troopers. Officials say the 30-year-old was on a Suzuki GSX-R600 headed west on SR-56 while speeding around 3 p.m. A 32-year-old Wesley Chapel woman was traveling eastbound on SR-56 in a Nissan Altima, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Authorities say the Nissan turned left into the path of the Suzuki at the intersection of Piazza Avenue. The 30-year-old died at the

A 75-year-old man from Long Lake, Michigan died on Sunday afternoon after experiencing a medical episode while driving an RV, according to troopers. Officials say the man was headed northwest on State Road 64 East, west of 26th Street East, while negotiating a curve to the right around 12:20 p.m. The 75-year-old experienced a medical episode, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, and traveled off the road. The RV entered the eastbound grass shoulder and hit a wire fence and

A 27-year-old man died on Sunday after losing control of his car in Seminole, according to deputies. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened at 102nd Avenue and Botanica Drive just after 4 p.m and deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team responded to the scene. According to officials, 27-year-old Taylor Titus was headed west on 102nd Avenue in his 2016 Mazda sedan near Botanica Drive when the car crossed across the eastbound lanes of 102nd Avenue. Deputies say

Photo by: click orlando Four people were injured Friday morning in a crash involving a semitrailer on State Road 528 in Orange County, officials said. The crash happened in the westbound lanes of the Beachline near the Monumental Parkway overpass, not far from the exit to Innovation Way. Investigators said four victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threating injuries. Two men, a 67-year-old and 44-year-old, both of Orlando, were among the ones hurt, troopers said. Six others refused

Photo by: Hendry County Sheriff’s Office A semi-truck flipped onto its side after a crash along US 27 in Hendry County on Friday morning. According to the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, around 6:30 a.m. the semi was blocking both northbound lanes of US 27. The road is now back open. The Department of Transportation was at the scene, setting up traffic cones and dividing up the lanes so that drivers could travel north and south. Clewiston Towing was at the

Photo by: fox13news A homeless man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Winter Haven on Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.  According to PCSO, Michal Ratton, 47, who is a well-known homeless man in the area, was riding his pink tricycle when he was struck by an unknown vehicle. The crash occurred around 11:20 p.m. on Winter Lake Road in Winter Haven, just west of Old Eagle Lake Road and US 17. Ratton had been riding his tricycle across Winter

Photo by: fox13news A Florida driver accused of DUI didn’t get very far after he ran into the woods following a vehicle crash in Citrus County late Wednesday night. Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast says the incident began when he came across a vehicle crash east of the intersection of Gulf to Lake Highway and Homosassa Trail.  Witnesses at the scene told him that the suspect had run away from the crash and disappeared into the woods.  According to CCSO, after checking on

A 14-year-old student at Auburndale High School was struck by a vehicle and suffered a possible concussion on Friday morning, according to police. At around 6:46 a.m., the crash occurred on Old Lake Alfred Road at Bloodhound Lane. Police identified the pedestrian involved as a 14-year-old girl who goes to Auburndale High School. According to police, it was a low-speed crash, but the student suffered a possible concussion as a result. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries. 

A motorcyclist reportedly shot a man during a road rage incident in Orlando Thursday, police said.  The incident happened near Mercado Ave and Underhill Road just before 9 p.m. The motorcyclist approached the car, pulled out a gun and shot a person through the car window, according to police.  The person shot was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury.  Police have not released any information regarding the suspect and motorcycle description.  Facing felony charges

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says deputies are on the scene of a fatal crash at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Palmetto Road East in Nokomis. Two northbound lanes of U.S. 41 are blocked, the sheriff’s office says, while the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating. The sheriff’s office is reported that at least one person has died in the crash. Please seek alternate routes. At Ovadia Law Group, we recognize that car accidents can have far-reaching consequences, affecting your