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A crash just past Fruitville Road is causing another morning commute of headaches on I-75. Today’s crash is on the south side of the interstate. As crews continue to clear the crash, travel lanes have periodically been blocked. Backups are near 9 miles, to just about SR-70. After a serious car accident, victims often struggle with pain, stress, and financial uncertainty. That’s why partnering with a trusted Miami personal injury lawyer like Ovadia Law Group is essential. Their attorneys have

An animal rescue located on the Treasure Coast is looking to rebuild after 11 cats and a tortoise died in an early-morning fire. Ted Pankiewicz thought he was hearing a rocket launch when a loud rumble woke him up. It was actually the cottages at his Fellsmere cat rescue, For the Love of Paws, that were up in flames. The video player is currently playing an ad. The fire started around 5:30 a.m. Monday, trapping 15 cats and one tortoise. Investigators

Photo by: wsvn Three people were rushed to the hospital after a bus smashed into a wall at Aventura Mall. Aventura Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to an area inside the parking garage on Monday evening. Fire Rescue officials said one of the three hospitalized was transported as a trauma alert. The conditions of the other two remains unknown. It remains unclear why the driver lost control. Bus accidents often involve multiple passengers, large vehicles, and complex insurance issues,

Photo by: wsvn  A man was found dead next to a skateboard in Fort Lauderdale overnight, leading officers to shut down a major intersection and launch a traffic homicide investigation. Cameras captured a heavy police presence at the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and A1A, early Tuesday morning. Fort Lauderdale Police units responded to the scene of the crash just before 4 a.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene The victim’s skateboard was seen on the pavement, as well

A man was rescued after being trapped and pinned by dirt against a concrete pipe in a 10-foot trench at a Cape Coral construction site Monday afternoon. According to the Fire Department, the incident happened at a Lee Health site where a new outpatient facility is being built near Lowe’s off Santa Barbara Boulevard South and Veterans Parkway. Andrea Schuch from the Cape Coral Fire Department explained, “There was just the one person in the ditch kind of positioning the

An elderly man is dead following a crash that occurred in Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report, a 2017 Toyota RAV4 was traveling southbound in the left-turn lane on Alt. A1A at Atlantic Road, while a 2014 Dodge Charger was heading north in the inside lane, approaching Atlantic Road. A third vehicle, a 2016 Kia Soul, was traveling behind the Dodge. According to the crash report, the Toyota made a

Photo by: (St. Lucie County Fire District) The St. Lucie County Fire District is investigating an incident involving one of its golf carts that injured a pedestrian at the St. Lucie County Fair. According to SLCFD, the incident occurred at the fair on Saturday afternoon. Deputies say the person was evaluated at the scene, taken to the hospital for medical care, and was later released without serious injury. The fire district says the incident was documented and placed under administrative review. “At this

Florida Highway Patrol says a possible suspect and vehicle have been located after a 25-year-old Jacksonville woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on 103rd Street Monday night. FHP said the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. According to a release from FHP, a 68-year-old man driving a green 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling westbound on 103rd Street near Kinkaid Road when the woman crossed in front of the vehicle. Troopers said the Camaro struck the woman, as the driver then

Body camera footage from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office captures the moment deputies dove into the water to rescue a 30-year-old quadriplegic man who fell off his family’s boat while still strapped to his electric wheelchair. On Sunday morning, the man and his family headed out on their boat at Mariner Cay in Martin County — something they had done many times before. As he attempted to board the boat, the ramp connecting the dock to the vessel suddenly collapsed,

Surveillance video captured the moments an Amazon driver stepped out of her delivery truck and right into the path of danger. Packages were flung into the air as the driver was hit by a car that did not stop. It happened Wednesday along Southwest 20th Street and 140th Place in west Miami-Dade County. Witness Stephanie Garcia said she caught the aftermath of the hit-and-run. “I was on the way from work and I see the package in the middle of

At least four children were on a school bus involved in a crash with a semi-truck Monday morning in Alachua County, according to sheriff’s officials. Deputies said the school bus was stopped on northbound US 301 picking up students when a commercial vehicle traveling north failed to stop and collided with the passenger side of the bus from the rear. After the collision, the driver of the commercial vehicle lost control and overturned on northbound US 301. The driver of

Photo by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Two people were hurt in a house fire in Fort Lauderdale on Monday morning, officials said. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said they received multiple 911 calls about the fire at a home on 1400 block of Riverland Road just after 8 a.m. “Crews could see a large column of smoke from as far as downtown,” fire rescue said. “Units arrived to find heavy smoke and flames showing from the structure.” A photo of