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Photo by: NbcMiami A driver was able to escape to safety after crashing her car into a canal in Hallandale Beach on Thursday. The incident happened at a canal in the 900 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue. The woman who was driving the Jeep SUV was attempting to make a right turn when she plunged into the canal. She was able to get out and wasn’t injured. Neighbors said barricades that were closing off the canal had floated away in

Photo by: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office The victim was identified as 77-year-old Judy Cooper. An investigation is underway after a reported body in a car was found in the waters at a Franklin County boat ramp. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said the car had run off the ramp at Timber Island Boat Ramp in Carrabelle between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Thursday. The woman at the wheel was found to be from Georgia. We are told she reportedly drowned

On Thursday, the Panama City Beach Police Department responded to a medical call in the area of Hidden Lagoon Golf and Racetrack. Upon arrival, officers located a female lying on Front Beach Road in the westbound travel lanes, suffering from severe head trauma, officials wrote in a news release. Officials said they identified the woman as 49-year-old Sherry Richie from New Iberia, Louisiana who fell from a moving vehicle. According to witnesses, Ms. Richie was unsecured and leaning out of

A 7-month-old boy was rescued at a Spring Park apartment complex after he was found unresponsive because of a suspected drug overdose, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Body camera video from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office showed Officer Langston rushing through the complex to find the unresponsive child on June 5. Langston immediately jumped into action to help the child, assessing his condition and performing a sternum rub to get him breathing again. In the meantime, Officer Pressnalle kept the

Photo by: Nbc-2 San Carlos Park flooded after receiving several inches of rain on Thursday. The majority of the neighborhood is covered in a few feet of water. Several people were seen swimming, riding bicycles and ATVs down flooded streets. Lee County Fire and EMS said they responded to several calls about flooded homes. When Keisly Estevez got home from work, she found the first floor of her home covered in 3 inches of water. “I mean, we went through

A man who was sitting next to a discount store was seriously injured after being struck by Riveria Beach Police Department officer’s cruiser Tuesday afternoon, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) reported. According to the report, the pedestrian sat down on the curb of the parking lot of a Family Dollar store on North Congress Avenue. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the officer took a right turn off Congress Ave. and into the parking lot when his cruiser hit the

Photo by: wpbf A car theft in Martin County Thursday ended with a violent crash and the suspect in the hospital. Chief Deputy John Budensiek of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said it began just after 3 p.m. at the Publix near the intersection of Cove Road and Federal Highway in Stuart. A woman was walking out of the store with her car keys in her hand when she was attacked. “Broad daylight, people around, witnesses around,” Budensiek said. “And

A father was killed, and one other individual was seriously injured, in a fatal three-vehicle crash at an Ocala intersection on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, at the intersection of N Pine Avenue and NW 20th Street, according to the Ocala Police Department. One of the individuals involved in the accident, Ethan Reeves, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Another individual was rushed to a local hospital as

Photo by: wfla A reckless teenage driver caused a rollover crash on the Howard Frankland Bridge, sending a 74-year-old woman to the hospital, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Around 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Rolando Joaquin Garza, a 19-year-old Spring Hill man, was driving recklessly at high speed, weaving between cars on eastbound I-275 along the Howard Frankland Bridge, troopers said. Near milepost 34, Garza tried to pass a Lexus RX350, driven by a 74-year-old Sarasota woman. Due to the construction

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation. One person was killed, and multiple people were injured in a fiery crash on the I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay Thursday afternoon. The crash happened about 2:15 p.m. on I-10 eastbound near the Scenic Highway overpass. The Florida Highway Patrol said four vehicles were involved with one confirmed fatality in a vehicle that was fully engulfed. Two drivers and a passenger of one of the other vehicles were transported to

A man was injured after he was shot during an argument at an apartment complex in Mandarin Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. According to police, a woman and a man got into an argument at the RISE Julingtom Apartments on San Jose Boulevard, and then the woman shot the man in the leg. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The woman was taken into custody for questioning. When you’ve suffered a personal injury, the road to

Photo by: Local10 The Biscayne Lake Gardens condominium complex remained flooded Thursday in Aventura after record rain Wednesday in South Florida. Some were underinsured. Others were caught off guard. Sherri Baker moved to the community from Ocala to be close to her grandchildren. She was among the first-floor apartment residents who did not expect the flooding. Baker has a view of the community’s lake. Just like many in the area, she had trouble sleeping as the water kept rising. Some