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Photo by: nbc 2  A man was killed in a rollover crash in Collier County Thursday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 7:35 a.m. a 43-year-old Naples man was driving an SUV north along Livingston Road. FHP states the man tried to switch from the center lane into the left and lost control of the car. The man went across the median and flipped into the southbound lanes. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other

A 71-year-old Bradenton woman is in critical condition after being struck Thursday morning by a pickup truck at the intersection of Lockwood Ridge Road and University Parkway. The pickup was driven by a 50-year-old Bradenton woman who had stopped in the southbound right turn lane of Lockwood Ridge Road, for a yield sign. The pickup driver then proceeded forward, and hit the 71-year-old woman, who had left the sidewalk to cross the roadway. The accident occurred at 8:48 a.m. The

A 50-year-old Marietta, Ohio man died Wednesday night when he drove his motorcycle off County Road 345 west of Chiefland and collided with a wooden fence. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the man was driving north on NW CR 345 at 10:20 p.m. when he attempted to negotiate a right-hand curve and crossed over the center line, entering the CR 345 southbound lane. He continued traveling north, crossing over NW 100th Street where he entered the north grass

Photo by: ocala A 48-year-old Ocala man died at a local hospital following a motorcycle crash on Wednesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Here’s what we know: Law enforcement officials said they were dispatched to the crash Wednesday at 7:16 p.m. and arrived at 7:23 p.m. On Southeast 38th Street, near Baseline Road. FHP officials are still investigating the cause of the crash. They said the victim’s body was found on the north side of Southeast 38th Street. A

Two people are recovering in the hospital after a bike and moped crashed in Putnam County. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 42-year-old man was driving a moped south on Carter Crabtree Road Wednesday evening. The man crashed into someone on a bike traveling in the opposite direction. Troopers say the area was dark with no street lighting and neither person had proper lighting equipment or helmets on. The cyclist was transported to Putnam Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and

Florida Highway Patrol responded to two crashes in Clay County. On Dec. 13 at 9:04 p.m. a sedan was driving northbound on Blanding Boulevard just north of Wells Road. A pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart in the middle of Blanding Boulevard just north of Wells Road ahead of the sedan. According to FHP, the pedestrian failed to observe the sedan and the front of the sedan hit the pedestrian. The pedestrian was transported to HCA Orange Park Hospital where

Photo by: winknews According to the Florida Highway Patrol, one person has been killed following a two-vehicle crash in Naples. The incident was reported to the Florida Highway Patrol at approximately 7:46 a.m., Thursday, on Livingston Road approaching Immokalee Road. The left and center lanes of traffic have been blocked. The details of the crash are currently under investigation. Experiencing a car accident can be traumatic, but Ovadia Law Group is here to provide the assistance and support you require.

Police arrested a man Tuesday after they said he was accused of battering his pregnant girlfriend at their apartment in Hialeah. According to an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department, Rene Cruz-Hernandez, 24, is facing one charge of aggravated battery of a pregnant victim. Hialeah police officers said they were dispatched to a home around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday near the 660 block of West 14th Street for a domestic violence-related incident. The victim, who is seven months pregnant, told

A Canadian man faced two felony child neglect charges in the Florida Keys after deputies accused him of driving drunk and crashing his vehicle with his 4-month-old daughter inside Tuesday evening. According to an arrest report, someone called the sheriff’s office at around 6:30 p.m. to report that a driver crashed a red Camaro into a concrete wall at mile marker 22 on the Overseas Highway and kept driving northbound, “speeding up and slowing down.” Soon after, deputies saw the

‘Just turn yourself in,’ his mom pleads. A 16-year-old from Hallandale Beach has been at Memorial Regional Hospital since Monday, recovering from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run crash. From his hospital bed, Tyland Jackson told Local 10 News that he’s grateful to be alive, but wants the driver who hit him to face justice. “I’m just happy that I’m still alive and I thank God,” Jackson said. Jackson, a sophomore football player at Hallandale Beach High School, was making a

19-year-old Oviedo man uninjured in wreck near Park Road A 22-year-old Oviedo man was killed late Wednesday when he crashed into a car that turned into his path on State Road 434, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 10:50 p.m. on S.R. 434 at Park Road. The FHP said a 19-year-old Oviedo man was driving a 2024 Kia Forte south on S.R. 434 and made a left turn into the direct path of the motorcyclist, which

One person has been arrested after a road rage shooting in Alva Tuesday morning. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the back-and-forth between the two vehicles lasted for seven miles along Palm Beach Boulevard (SR-80). The incident began near Joel Boulevard when the suspect, Cody Brooks Guinn, 28, tried to merge into the victim’s lane, but the victim did not let them. Deputies say both drivers threw items at each other. Deputies say Guinn then got out of his