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The Florida Highway Patrol says the deputy was not hurt during the incident. A 25-year-old Riverview man is dead after he crashed into a marked Hillsborough County Sheriff’s car while a deputy was performing a traffic stop Saturday night, authorities say.  Just after 10 p.m., the man was heading northbound on U.S. 301 while the deputy’s Chevy Tahoe was on the opposite side of the road attempting a traffic stop on another car, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The

A strong gust of wind during Sunday night’s storms caused a semi driver to lose control and jackknife his rig on I-295 near Dunn Avenue, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Weather reports from Sunday’s storms showed winds were gusting from 43-52 mph. According to the FHP report, the 53-year-old semi driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured in the harrowing crash. Troopers said that just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday the man was headed north on I-295 just

Fatal wreck investigated on Stepping Stone Boulevard at Marigold Avenue A 47-year-old Kissimmee man was killed Monday morning in a crash in Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 8:05 a.m. on Stepping Stone Boulevard at Marigold Avenue in Kissimmee. The FHP said the man was driving a 2010 Ford Crown Victoria east on Stepping Stone Boulevard when he suffered a medical episode. The car ran off the road and struck a tree, ejecting the

A 23-year-old Bradenton man died in a one-car crash Friday evening when his car hit a tree at 87th Street East and 52nd Avenue East. The Florida Highway Patrol report said the man, who was alone in the vehicle, was driving north at 6:12 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a left-hand curve, veered to the left and collided with a tree. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. FHP did not identify the man or the type of

Authorities in Fort Lauderdale responded to a serious crash early Sunday morning. It happened at after 3:30 a.m. just east of I-95 and north of Commercial Boulevard, near the intersection of Northeast 14th Avenue and 62nd Street. A car appeared to jump over a sidewalk, crash into side barriers and hit a pole before landing in a ditch. According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers located what they described as a “felony vehicle” along the 1400 block of Northeast 62nd Street,

Photo by: wfla A sergeant with the Bartow Police Department is in the hospital after getting struck by a minivan while responding to another crash Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. “And out of nowhere, somebody from the opposite direction just comes,” said Billy Adams. “I don’t know if they weren’t paying attention or if they didn’t see him, but they hit the sergeant. He goes up in the air, unfortunately, he falls.” Adams said he and

Photo by: click orlando Crash occurred at mile marker 25. A crash with injuries on westbound State Road 528 in Orange County on Sunday stifled traffic for several miles, according to the Florida Highway Patrol and FL511. Troopers were dispatched around 10 a.m. to mile marker 25, records show. There, the right lane was blocked to make way for emergency vehicles. Westbound traffic was backed up to before mile marker 29 before clearing, according to FL511. It was seen flowing

A chain reaction of mishaps involving a golf cart ended with a man dying in the water at a Florida RV resort, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. It happened around 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Clover Leaf Forest RV Resort in Brooksville, troopers said in a news release. Brooksville is about 50 miles north of Tampa. The identity of the driver has not been released. Investigators say the crash likely happened after he suffered a “medical emergency” while driving

An SUV carrying five people crashed around 12:35 a.m. Sunday on I-295 just south of Merrill Road, killing a 1-year-old passenger. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the SUV was traveling north on I-295 when it ran off the road and hit a guardrail and several palm trees. It crossed the center median, finally landing on its roof in the southbound lanes of the interstate. FHP said a 34-year-old man was driving. He and a 27-year-old female passenger were seriously

One woman is dead and another has serious injuries after a crash in Levy County Friday night. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say around 11:45 p.m., a 62-year-old woman from Bronson was driving a pickup truck north on County Road 337. A 73-year-old woman from Michigan was driving a pickup truck southbound on the same road. Troopers say the 62-year-old drove her vehicle into the southbound lanes for an unknown reason, and struck the truck driven by the 73-year-old woman. FHP

A man is behind bars after police say he hit and killed two people in a crash Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg. Owen Whittaker, 21, was charged with vehicular homicide.  At around 2:15, Whittaker – who’s from Holiday, Florida – was driving his Toyota Corolla northbound on 4th Street North as he approached the intersection of 72nd Avenue, the St. Pete Police Department said in a news release. At the same, a different driver in a blue Mazda 3 was going

An 18-year-old Lehigh Acres woman was pronounced dead on the scene of a North Fort Myers crash Saturday night. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the young woman was driving east on Bayshore Road at around 11:25 p.m. when she lost control of the vehicle. The car veered off the roadway, rotated, and collided with a tree. The back end of the vehicle detached during the collision, striking an unoccupied SUV parked in the driveway at 1414 Lincoln Avenue.