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Photo by: Cape Coral Fire Department Firefighters responded to the scene of a structure fire on the 200 block of Spring Hill Lake Loop in Cape Coral on Friday morning. Crews reportedly arrived on the scene at 1:30 a.m. to find a garage engulfed in flames. Firefighters say the three residents and their two dogs were woken up by their smoke alarms and were able to safely exit the home. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the garage,

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Tri-Rail train late Thursday night in Pompano Beach. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said they received a report just before 11 p.m. of the crash at Northwest 13th Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Deputies from the BSO Pompano Beach District and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded to the scene. According to BSO, the preliminary investigation revealed that the train struck an individual, who was pronounced dead on the scene by

A 71-year-old Florida woman was arrested on allegations of shooting and killing a man because “he did not clean up after himself,” police said. Patricia Whitehead was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting, which happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Ybor Heights. According to Tampa police, officers responded to the shooting and found a man suffering from “upper body trauma.” The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, police said.

A couple in North Miami says a downed power line electrocuted and killed their dogs on Wednesday, and now they’re demanding answers from FPL. Surveillance video shows the two dogs, Max and Vasco, in their backyard after their owners let them out during a break in the downpour that flooded the region.  The dogs stepped into the garden, where their owners said a power cable had fallen. The couple said they went outside to investigate after their home took a power hit. “Me

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