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A woman was transported to the hospital after crashing into a vehicle before hitting a home, the St. Petersburg Police Department said. Officers responded to a home on the 4600 block of 6th Street South in St. Petersburg around 3 a.m. According to SPPD, the woman hit a vehicle that was in the driveway of the home before both cars hit the home. Officers are calling this a single-vehicle crash. No one inside the home was injured. Common Causes of

A man was found shot late Sunday night inside his apartment in the Jacksonville Heights area of the city’s Westside, police said. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, officers were called to the Westchase Apartments on 103rd Street about a block west of Ricker Road just before 11 p.m. They found a man in his mid-30s inside his apartment with a gunshot wound to his upper left chest. Police said his injury was not considered life-threatening, and he was taken

The Brief  A Florida pharmacist has been arrested after he allegedly drove under the influence and crashed into several people, one of whom may need to have his leg amputated. What happened? What we know: On Tuesday night, troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to a four-car crash on Interstate 95 southbound at Mile Marker 193.   Officials said three cars were parked on the right shoulder trying to help one of the drivers that had a dead battery, when

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a crash on Sunday afternoon in Jackson County. According to a news release, the incident happened at 12:29 p.m. on Mission Road at EOF State Road 71. It involved a 19-year-old male from Young Harris, Georgia, driving a sedan and a 30-year-old male from Bascom. Officials said the 19-year-old driver was heading westbound on Mission Road approaching a right curve as the FHP patrol vehicle was eastbound on Mission Road. The 19-year-old

A mother and her teen daughter were killed Friday in a crash between a Ford F-250 pickup truck and a Toyota Prius on Woodville Highway Friday evening, per FHP Master Cpl. Patricia Jefferson-Shaw. FHP confirmed the mother and daughter were in the Prius involved in the crash. Meanwhile, troopers said all four people inside the pickup truck, including a 2-year-old and 13-year-old boy, suffered minor injuries. It’s unknown if the people in the pickup truck are related to each other.

A Palm Coast woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon during which she partially exited an SUV before it struck a dumpster, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. It happened around 2:11 p.m. at Roberts Road and Orion Drive, trooper said. According to an FHP crash report, the 78-year-old woman was traveling northbound on Roberts Road when she partially exited the SUV for unknown reasons. The SUV continued off the roadway until its left side hit the dumpster,

 A 71-year-old woman has died from her injuries after an accident involving a trailer in DeLand Sunday. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened at a garage along Hontoon Road near Lake Beresford. Deputies say a cable on a trailer door snapped, causing the door to fall on the woman suddenly, hitting her head. Her husband tried to lift the door by hand, and then used a vehicle jack to lift it and free her, the sheriff’s office

 A Plantation man was killed after bypassing a construction zone, hitting a concrete median, and crashing into oncoming traffic. According to detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit, the crash happened Wednesday at 10:14 p.m. in the area of 4600 Peters Road in Plantation. Detectives say 45-year-old D R was driving a 2003 Honda Accord westbound on Peters Road approaching a construction zone near the intersection of Southwest 46th Ave. As he approached, BSO says R aggressively maneuvered around

Several people were injured after a violent crash on the Palmetto Expressway. It happened Saturday night in the westbound lanes of SR-826 near Northwest 37th Avenue. According to police, a black Ford coupe collided with a black Nissan sedan, which caused the Ford to collide with a concrete barrier. Police said the driver of the Ford suffered minor injuries but two female passengers had to be rushed by helicopter to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center with life-threatening injuries. An

 One person was killed and another was rushed to the hospital following an overnight shooting in Hallandale Beach, police said. Hallandale Beach Police units responded to the scene of the scene of the incident along the 200 block of Southwest 10th Avenue, early Sunday morning. Responding officers arrived to discover the victims, one male and one female, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics transported the female victim to a nearby hospital,

Gunfire tore through a Lauderhill neighborhood, sending a man to the hospital and leading police to take one person into custody. Lauderhill Police units responded to a report of a shooting along the 5400 block of North University Drive, ar around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Responding officers found evidence of a shooting but no victim. Shortly after, officers learned a man suffering from a gunshot wound had arrived at Woodmont Hospital. Investigators said the injury is not life threatening, and

Photo by: wsvn A Tesla Cybertruck plowed into at least eight parked cars in a Miami neighborhood, and witnesses said it was because reckless racers turned a street into a crash course. Sunday night, 7News cameras captured several vehicles still sitting at the scene of the crash, in the area of Northwest 10th Street and Eighth Street Road, too damaged to drive. Cellphone video posted to social media by Only in Dade shows the aftermath of the crash that took