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One person died and another was seriously injured early Sunday morning after a crash on Gulf Boulevard, according to officials. Authorities say Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to the crash just after 1:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of Gulf Boulevard. Officials say the crash was between a pickup and a tractor-trailer. One person who was in the pickup truck died, and another person was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg with serious injuries, according to first responders. Gulf

A 23-year-old Beverly Hills (FL) man died at the scene of a crash early on Sunday morning, according to officials. Troopers say the man was driving a Hyundai Accent north on North Forest Ridge Boulevard just before 2:30 a.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver lost control of the car at a curve in the road and left the highway. FHP says the Hyundai hit a pedestrian guardrail before flipping and hitting a set of utility pole guide wires. The car

A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt. Naples Fire Rescue crews and police responded to the scene on Friday morning after 9 at Pastrami Dan’s located at 586 Tamiami Trail North. The owner’s wife was the first to arrive on the scene. They said all they know is a woman in her 60s was at the wheel. Rescue crews provided an image of the red SUV partially inside

Photo by: Nbc-2 Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, the Cape Coral Fire Department, Cape Coral Police Department and Lee County EMS responded to a fire on NE 1st Terrace that caused neighbors on the street to see if the homeowners were ok quickly. Julian Rangeo was one of the many Cape Coral residents NBC2 spoke to. He said he saw a lot of black smoke in the air and flames coming from this house as the area was blocked off.

Photo by: ACFR More details have emerged about the four teens who died from injuries in a high-speed crash on April 20, including the identities of the second two boys.   Teleak Roberts, 16, died at the scene of the crash in Waldo. In an interview with WCJB, Roberts’ father Willy Roberts remembered his son as someone with a good sense of humor who liked to spend time with his friends: “He was a good child.”   Philemon Moore, 16, also died

 An Ormond Beach woman was killed Wednesday morning after the car she was a passenger in was involved in a crash with a speeding car, according to police. Authorities identified the victim as Mary Pezza, 26. Shortly before 8 a.m., police and fire and rescue crews responded to a major crash on SR A1A between Harvard Drive and Milsap Road in Ormond Beach. Officers learned that a Honda Accord being driven by Wyatt Dickerson, 26, of Daytona Beach, was speeding

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a 84-year-old man on Wednesday who was involved in a March bicyclist hit-and-run. John Arthur Sanfanandre, 84, from Bradenton was arrested for the leaving the scene of a fatal crash on March 22. A 28-year-old bicyclist was crossing the pedestrian crosswalk on State Road 70 near Caruso Road when he was thrown off his bike due to the impact of the collision. After the crash, the driver of the red sedan

A man and child were found dead in an apartment in Hialeah Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide shooting, police said. The discovery was made at the Lake House Apartments on West 11th Court and 72nd Street, according to Hialeah Police. Police said the mother of the child discovered the bodies inside the apartment. Officials haven’t released the identities of the child or the man, who they said was between 30-40 years old. The man and the child died from gunfire,

A Gainesville woman faces serious charges after allegedly inflicting harm on her adopted daughter over the use of fake fingernails, according to authorities. According to the Gainesville Police Department, Johanna Sedgley was enraged that her 15-year-old daughter had acquired fake nails, which were glued on. Sedgley restrained the teenager and forcibly removed several of her fingernails, which resulted in the teen suffering significant pain and injury, according to investigators. During the investigation, Sedgley admitted to her actions and expressed regret over

An exit ramp to Interstate 75 South is closed from Bruce B. Downs Boulevard after a pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday night, according to the Tampa Police Department. Northbound Bruce B. Downs Boulevard was also closed, according to police. The crash happened at about 9:20 p.m., police said. The driver stayed at the crash scene. Florida Highway Patrol troopers are helping TPD close the exit ramp and the road is expected to remain closed during the investigation.

 A man with an extensive criminal history was arrested in Hollywood following a burglary and standoff with SWAT team members, officials say. According to Hollywood Police, officers responded to a report of a suspicious person near Washington Street and 52nd Avenue around 3 a.m. Authorities said the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Justin Swain, fled from them and committed a burglary within a residential complex off of Hillcrest Court before barricading himself inside. Swain, a known felon, is believed to be

Police are searching for a man accused of fleeing the scene of a crash that left a woman dead in northwest Miami-Dade over the weekend. The crash happened around 5:45 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Northwest 95th Street and Northwest 17th Avenue in West Little River when a Chevrolet Colorado collided with a Dodge Ram, Miami-Dade Police said. The front right passenger of the Colorado, 33-year-old Meylin Munoz Romero, was killed as a result. After the crash, the suspected