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A semi-truck fire has a section of Interstate 4 shut down Thursday morning in Orlando. The fire happened around 6:30 a.m. on westbound I-4, just past Orange Blossom Trail. Several Orlando Fire Department crews are working to get the fire under control. All westbound lanes of I-4 are shut down in the area and traffic is being diverted off of the highway. Drivers should seek an alternative route and major traffic delays are building in the area. It’s unclear how

A driver was ticketed after two golf carts collided Tuesday in The Villages. A man was driving a golf cart at 5:03 p.m. southbound on Canal Street when he was attempting to make a left turn onto Odell Circle, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. When he turned he collided with a golf cart that had been heading straight on while northbound on Canal Street. The southbound driver who caused the accident was ticketed on a charge of failure

Photo by: msn A multi-vehicle crash along the Palmetto Expressway is causing major traffic delays Thursday morning after the two left southbound lanes were blocked off. The crash occurred in Miami-Dade County on SR-826 South just before US-27/Okeechobee Road. Aerial footage of the scene showed several cars pulled off to the left lanes of the expressway and one car showed significant damage to the front of the vehicle. Video also showed traffic stalled with cars moving bumper to bumper for

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on 22nd Avenue North and 41st Street in St. Petersburg Wednesday evening, authorities said.  The St. Pete Police Department said the vehicle hit the pedestrian just before 7 p.m. and drove off after.  The woman died at the scene of the crash, according to officers.  Investigators believe the vehicle may have been a Cadillac SUV, and they said it has front end damage.  Anyone with information is asked to call the St. Pete Police Department at

E-bikes have become increasingly popular. “It’s a blast to ride one. To me it just brings out the little girl in me,” Lisa Beert, a saleswoman at Cycle Werks in Port St. Lucie, said. She said e-bike sales at Cycle Werks have just about doubled in the last couple of years, adding, “The majority of the bikes we sell right now are e-bikes.” “As they become more and more on the roadways, I think we’ll see more and more crashes,

A deadly crash Thursday morning as a section of State Road 429 shut down in Orange County. The crash happened around 3:20 a.m. on SR-429 near West Ponkan Road. All southbound lanes of SR-429 are shut down in the area. It’s unclear how many vehicles are involved and how long the closure will continue. Drivers should seek an alternate route by using SR-46 to Orange Blossom Trail. Channel 9 has a crew headed to the scene to gather more information

Traffic is flowing again after a crash along the Veterans Expressway near Town N Country on Thursday. The crash happened at around 7:11 a.m. at mile-marker 6, which is just south of Waters Ave., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. As of this report, traffic camera footage indicates traffic is backed up for about two miles and is beginning to clear. This is a developing story.  In the aftermath of a car accident, obtaining legal assistance is crucial. Ovadia Law

According to a press release issued by the Cocoa Beach Police Department on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, on the evening of December 31, 2023, tragedy struck as a vehicular collision unfolded on West Cocoa Beach Causeway (SR520), just west of Bicentennial Park in Cocoa Beach. According to the press release, at 9:08 PM, officers from the Cocoa Beach Police Department swiftly responded to a report of a Vehicle Crash with Injuries, discovering two vehicles involved and an extended debris field on the

Police arrested a woman on a vehicular homicide charge Tuesday after they said she was driving a Ford Mustang at nearly double the posted speed limit just before T-boning an SUV in Lauderhill in May, killing its passenger. Authorities also hit Janeyshia Monique Hilton, 22, of North Lauderdale, with two child neglect charges after they said she had her two children unrestrained in the front seat at the time. She also faces multiple counts of reckless driving. According to police,

Source: nbc-2 Two people were taken to a local hospital after a collision and vehicle fire in Collier County Wednesday afternoon. North Collier Fire (NCF) received the call for the crash at the intersection of Immokalee Road and Valewood Drive came in at around 1:45 p.m. According to NCF, a car crashed into a trailer carrying lawn equipment, which sparked the fire. Once crews arrived shortly after to extinguish the fire, passengers were already out of the vehicles. NCF said

Photo by: cbsnews Firefighters battled a fire Wednesday afternoon at Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s mansion in Southwest Ranches. The large home is located in the 16000 block of Berkshire Court. Images from Chopper 4 showed firefighters on the roof of the mansion, making holes on the roof to better fight the blaze.  Heavy black and white smoke was spewing from the mansion.  Several fire engines and crews got to the scene shortly before 2 p.m. When firefighters arrived, everyone who

A veteran St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering after getting hit by a minibus during a traffic stop last week, leaving him with a broken hand and injured shoulder. Now he’s preaching a valuable lesson about Florida’s Move Over Law, which he says the driver who hit him violated. “I thank God, honestly that I’m alive,” said Deputy Joey Romer whose hand is wrapped up and arm is in a sling. “And it was just a matter of inches.