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Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A woman and two children suffered serious injuries after a vehicle crash Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 3:17 p.m. the 22-year-old Tampa woman was driving her Toyota Camry north along the Interstate 75 entrance ramp leading from Fowler Avenue. The FHP said the woman failed to negotiate the curve of the ramp, which caused the vehicle to leave the roadway and overturn twice. The driver, along with her 3-year-old son and 5-year-old

A man died after he lost control while traveling on Heckscher Drive and was ejected from the vehicle on Monday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol said the 34-year-old Sports Utility Vehicle driver was headed east on Heckscher Drive as a 57-year-old SUV driver was traveling west. The 34-year-old lost control and veered onto the right shoulder. FHP said he overcorrected to regain control of the vehicle, causing him to slam into the 57-year-old’s vehicle head-on. The 34-year-old was thrown out

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a silver SUV that crashed into a retention pond off Interstate 75 near Chaparel Drive in Bonita Springs around 2 a.m. Monday. The driver has not yet been located. People living nearby, like Ashleigh and Jim Jastatt, said it’s not the first crash they’ve seen on the interstate outside their home. “There are a lot of drivers that take that turn right on I-75, so it is an accident-prone location, but I’ve never seen

A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the head on Whistlers Cove Boulevard at the Whistlers Cove Apartments in Lely Resort early Monday morning. Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a person with a gunshot wound at 1:12 a.m. Monday. Deputies confirmed CC, 15, died of a gunshot wound to the head. Gulf Coast News spoke to C’s sister Monday evening, she said her brother went to East Naples Middle School, he was soccer

Photo by: (WPLG) Detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Monday afternoon in Cutler Bay. According to MDSO, the shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. in the 18400 block of Southwest 86th Court. Deputies said two men were involved in an altercation, which escalated when they both pulled out guns. Authorities said one man was struck by at least one bullet and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. He later died

Multiple people were hurt after a boat exploded in Fort Lauderdale on Memorial Day. The explosion happened sometime before 6 p.m. as the boat was anchored at a sandbar. Rescue crews staged at the Lauderdale Yacht Club, located at 1725 SE 12th St. along the Intracoastal Waterway. “Just got burned in the boat explosion just now. Tried to fuel up the boat must have been a gas leak and you know, a spark went off, explosion,” a victim, who did

Photo by: (Total Traffic) Authorities responded to a deadly crash that occurred Monday morning in Broward County. It happened in the northbound lanes of I-95, on the exit ramp to Cypress Creek Road in Pompano Beach. According to police, the driver of a 2011 Audi A4 lost control while driving on I-95 just south of Cypress Creek Road and crashed into a guardrail. The driver, a 23-year-old man from Coconut Creek, suffered minor injuries and did not require hospitalization. His

Photo by: wsvn Crews extinguished a blaze that spread through a home in Fort Lauderdale. The incident took place on Vermont Avenue just off West Broward Boulevard and Southwest 38th Avenue, Sunday night. 7News spoke Tommy Hurst, a family member who said the fire started from an air conditioner. “My mother, my sister, and my nephew they called me and they were like ‘The house is on fire’ and I just dropped everything at work and came,” he said. The

A 26-year-old man from Cantonment has serious injuries after a crash on Sunday night in Escambia County. Troopers say the accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Booker Street and Booker Avenue. A 20-year-old Pensacola woman was driving a pickup truck and began to make a left turn onto Booker Avenue when the 26-year-old motorcyclist attempted to pass the truck, according to FHP. This led to the front of the motorcycle colliding with the left side of the

A man died after being struck by two cars on Interstate 4 on Monday. The incident happened on the I-4 exit ramp to U.S. Highway 192 near mile marker 64. A Kia Forte was heading west when the driver lost control, veered off the road and struck a tree before overturning, according to a report from NBC affiliate WESH. The driver went to a nearby hotel for help. The passenger ran across the eastbound lanes of I-4. The passenger was struck

One person suffered serious injuries and another was suspected of DUI connected to a crash in Tampa’s South Howard neighborhood early Monday morning. Tampa police said the crash happened just before 3 a.m. on South Howard Avenue at West Azeele Street. The driver swerved and hit someone standing behind their car, according to police. They were taken into custody under suspicion of DUI. The pedestrian who was struck was seriously hurt, but was in stable condition on Monday. Holding Drunk

Four people died in a crash in Ruskin on Sunday night that involved a car colliding with a house. It happened at around 8:15 p.m. near Shell Point Road West and 32nd Street Northwest, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived at the home and found four victims. They succumbed to their injuries HCSO said there is no indication of criminal behavior connected to the crash. There is no word yet on what led up to the incident.