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The driver of a box truck was seriously injured after being ejected from his vehicle last Wednesday afternoon following a wreck near Zolfo Springs. According to a statement released by Lt. Greg Bueno of the Florida Highway Patrol, the two-vehicle accident occurred at 2:40 p.m. on U.S. 17 to the south of Sweetwater Road on Jan. 3. Car accident troubles? Ovadia Law Group is just a call away at 1-800-674-9396. Our team of skilled attorneys is committed to providing you

Photo by: South Trail Fire & Rescue District A rollover crash sent a person to the hospital with minor injuries Wednesday in south Fort Myers. According to the South Trail Fire & Rescue District, an SUV and truck crashed at the intersection of International Drive and Daniels Parkway. The truck flipped on its roof during the collision and fire crews were able to get the driver out safely. He was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital with minor injuries. Four people

A vehicle crashed into a fuel pump at a gas station, sparking a fire Wednesday afternoon in Palm Springs, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said. At approximately 4:45 p.m., units were dispatched to reports of a commercial structure fire at the 3900 block of 10th Avenue North at the intersection with Kirk Road. Initial arriving units found a vehicle had collided with a fuel pump at a gas station, PBCFR spokesman Tom Reyes said in a news release. The pump motion-activated

One man is dead after a dispute in a northeast Miami-Dade business led to gunfire. It happened Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. inside a nail salon where Ives Dairy Road meets N.E. 2nd Avenue. “Possibly two subjects dressed in dark clothing, entered the business, approached the victim, shot the victim, and then fled,” said Miami-Dade police Officer Alvaro Zabaleta. Those subjects are still at large. “We feel like we’re not safe,” said a woman who shops in the building where the shooting

A child was airlifted to the hospital after falling several stories from an apartment window in North Miami. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they received a medical call about the child’s fall around 8:15 a.m. Rescue crews arriving on the scene at the Prestige Villa Apartments, at 13055 NE 6th Avenue, found a four-year-old child with head injuries. The child was airlifted to the hospital as a pediatric trauma. According to North Miami police, the child was playing near a window of

New video of a crash that was captured on a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser’s dashcam, showed the moment a trooper was struck by a hit-and-run driver. The impact of the crash was so severe that the rapid breathing of the officer was caught on video. The crash sending both the trooper and the driver who hit him to the hospital. The incident unfolded around 7 a.m. on Jan 2. on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 approaching Indian Trace in Weston.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has released a video of a harrowing car crash rescue that happened last week. The quick action by Flagler County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters saved a grandmother and granddaughter. According to FCSO, deputies responded to a scene on Jan. 5 where a vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a water-filled ditch. The sheriff’s office provided WESH 2 News with video of the rescue. “Hey can you hear us, the sheriff’s office,” one deputy shouted.

A construction worker died after a “tragic accident” at the Peninsula Sarasota construction site on Tuesday. Construction crews broke ground at the site at 1300 Main Street in May. A representative from Cotton & Co., a real estate advertising agency, was not able to give details on the cause of death. Since January 2000, Gault Family Companies, the developer group behind the project, has had no prior inspection violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Since December 2018, six people have died in Sarasota

Photo by: weartv A 34-year-old Pensacola woman is dead after crashing into a power pole Wednesday morning on Mobile Highway in Escambia County. It happened around 7:45 a.m. near the intersection of Annandale Drive. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the woman suddenly veered to the left in her Hyundai Sonata, crossing the center line and opposing traffic lane before leaving the roadway and crashing into a power pole. The woman was pronounced dead on scene. Two girls — ages 6

Photo by: floridatoday Three hurts in collision involving Brightline train and sport utility vehicle in south Melbourne. A Brightline passenger train collided with a sport utility vehicle in Melbourne on Wednesday, injuring three people. It was the third crash to involve the privately owned passenger train — which moves through Melbourne at about 80 mph at least 30 times a day without any stops— in three months. All of the incidents took place in Melbourne, with the last two involving

A Domino’s pizza delivery man was fatally shot in West Palm Beach Tuesday afternoon, according to police. West Palm Beach Police said dispatch received a 911 call at 12:50 p.m. reporting a shooting in the vicinity of 9th Street and Douglass Avenue. Officers arrived on scene to find a man lying in the road suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim, Tommie Anderson, 33, was transported by the West Palm Beach Fire Department to St. Mary’s Medical Center, where he was

A 40-year-old Minnesota man was arrested in Broward County over the weekend, nearly two years after he allegedly threatened violence at a South Florida nightclub. Authorities say the threat was issued towards a dayclub/nightclub located at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where a former acquaintance of the suspect was employed.  The specific club’s name was not disclosed in the complaint affidavit. The victim, a cocktail waitress at the aforementioned establishment, reported to detectives from the Seminole Police Department’s Homeland