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Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a deadly wrong-way crash in Volusia County. The crash happened around 9 p.m. Thursday on State Road 40 and State Road 11. Troopers said a 55-year-old Orlando woman was driving the wrong way on SR-40 when she collided with another driver. According to a report, The Orlando woman and two people inside the other vehicle all died at the crash site. Two other people in the second vehicle suffered serious injuries in the crash.

Phot by: Local 10 A driver was killed after crashing into a tractor trailer in Fort Lauderdale. It happened early Thursday evening along the 2300 block of Northwest 19th Street. According to police, the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. A witness told Local 10 News the truck was attempting to back in when the vehicle slammed into the trailer portion. Another witness told a similar story, saying she was walking with her children when she

What once was a part of the beautiful landscape of living out in the Glades has now turned into a water worry for one Pembroke Pines resident. “I think they’re beautiful. They’re in their natural habitat. You know, we came here, not the other way around,” Gwen Cash said. “I don’t think they’re beautiful when they’re trying to eat my dog.” Cash said she was injured on New Year’s Eve while trying to protect her dog from an alligator. “We

A property line dispute between two neighbors in Florida took a turn after one woman was arrested for allegedly striking the other with a hammer, according to deputies. The conflict erupted as Kelly Figueroa of Spring Hill was hammering down lawn stakes in preparation for installing a fence, an arrest affidavit from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said.  The 58-year-old woman was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after the incident that unfolded on Dec. 29 in the

Photo by: Bnn Breaking A severe house fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning in Pine Hills, Orange County, Florida, leading to the near-total destruction of a residential property on North Pine Hills Road. Firefighters arrived at the scene around 6:30 a.m., only to find a home already 90% consumed by flames. The severity of the blaze made the building ‘non-survivable’, preventing any attempts at an internal search due to the imminent risk of a structural collapse. Challenges

A 31-year-old Florida man faces several felony charges after allegedly hiding a 16-year-old teenager from another state. Detective Henrik Osthed of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested Thomas Ebersole on Wednesday, according to a press release from the MCSO. FBI officials asked Det. Osthed for help locating a missing 16-year-old girl from Ohio. Investigators used the victim’s account on World of Warcraft, an only role-playing game, to locate her whereabouts, according to the press release. They saw the account was used

A worker in West Palm Beach was trapped under an elevator Thursday morning. According to a spokesperson with the West Palm Beach Police Department, a worker repairing the elevator in the City Garage, near Banyan Boulevard and Olive Avenu,e fell down the hoistway around 9:45 a.m. West Palm Beach Fire Rescue rescued the trapped worker, and they were transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. The victim is expected to survive. As of 10:55 a.m., North Olive

Deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a masked man who they said violently attacked a woman outside her Port Salerno home Thursday morning. Deputies responded to the scene located near Field Street and 47th Avenue just after 6 a.m. Sheriff William Snyder said the victim fought back. “Out of nowhere, without any warning, a suspect attacked her in the car,” Snyder said. “He grabbed her around the throat pushed her back, reached over into her car,

Photo by: Click Orlando  A crash along Interstate 4 blocked traffic along the highway on Thursday evening, according to the Seminole County Fire Department. In a release, fire officials said the crash involved a single vehicle, which caught fire in the westbound lanes. As a result, all lanes were blocked, the release states. An image posted by the SCFD shows the wreckage near mile marker 101 on Interstate 4. No additional information has been provided at this time, including the

A 19-year-old bicyclist is in critical condition after he was hit by a car Wednesday evening. Clearwater Police said the crash happened in the eastbound lanes of Gulf-to-Bay- Boulevard, just east of Belcher Road at around 6:40 p.m. The bicyclist was not in a crosswalk or intersection as he crossed from north to south when he was struck by a driver in a 2004 Toyota Corolla. The driver remained on scene with investigators. The teen was taken to a hospital

Photo by: General Aviation News The flight instructor reported that the airline transport pilot receiving instruction had not flown a float-equipped airplane in three years, so the flight instructor considered the training flights as review. The flight instructor stated that, during their two-hour morning flight near Winter Haven, Florida, the pilot receiving instruction sat in the front seat of the Piper J-3 Cub and that he tended to “fly too slow” after takeoff and “turn sharply.” The instructor further stated

Photoo by: News Nation Now A teenager was seriously injured in a late-night crash along the Dunedin Causeway on Tuesday. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, James Schwimer, 22, was driving a SUV recklessly on the sand with five passengers inside, including four 17-year-old boys. One of the teenagers sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. There were no signs Schwimer was impaired at the time, but reckless driving is believed to have contributed to the crash, according