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A bicyclist was killed Wednesday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck happened around 3:35 a.m. on Narcoossee Road at Countryside Court near St. Cloud. The FHP said an unknown vehicle, possibly a white Toyota, was traveling north on Narcoossee Road and failed to maintain the outside lane, striking a man riding a bike, who was also northbound. The man, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in Orange County. The crash happened before 6 p.m. Monday on Forest City Road and Calloway Drive. Troopers said a 73-year-old woman walked onto the road and into the path of a pickup truck. They say she wasn’t in a crosswalk. Troopers say the driver tried to swerve but couldn’t avoid the victim. The driver stayed on that scene. “Have you been in a pedestrian accident? Ovadia Law

Local law enforcement officials are investigating the traffic crash last week that killed a 79-year-old Panama City woman. According to Lt. Jason King, spokesperson for the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on Nov. 16 near Panama City Beach Parkway (Back Beach Road) and Lyndell Lane. At that time, a 54-year-old man was driving a truck on PCB Parkway toward the intersection, while the woman was stopped at the stop sign of Lyndell Lane, waiting to turn onto PCB Parkway. “It

A 30-year-old woman has died after investigators say she was struck by a car on the Florida Turnpike in North Lauderdale. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the incident happened on Tuesday, November 21, at 12:48 a.m. FHP says for reasons still under investigation, the woman was standing along the outside paved shoulder of the southbound lanes of the Turnpike, near Commercial Boulevard. While the woman was standing along the shoulder of the highway, a Hyundai Kona was driving on

The Pinellas Park Police Department responded to the 8300 block of 49th St N for reports of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash around 10:33 p.m. on Tuesday. It was determined through investigative means a black Dodge Charger was traveling northbound on 49th St N. The pedestrian appeared to be crossing 49th Street N, west to east, midblock. The front of the Dodge Charger struck the pedestrian while they were in the center lane of northbound 49th St N. The pedestrian was transported

A woman and baby have been found dead after a fire in Daytona Beach early Tuesday. Daytona Beach fire officials say they were called to the 1200 block of Beville Road around midnight at Countryside Apartment complex. WESH got a hold of the 911 calls from that night, and in them, you can hear neighbors frantically knocking on doors, trying to get anyone to come out. “Anybody home?” one caller said. “Please come out. There’s a fire.” The caller knocked

A man died after he was ejected from a Sedan during a crash Monday night in Hernando County. Florida Highway Patrol said a Cadillac ATS was traveling south on Mariner Boulevard north of Casa Grande Circle around 10:22 p.m. when the driver, 23, failed to negotiate a curve in the road. The Sedan then entered the median before crossing back over the southbound lanes and colliding with two transformer utility boxes. Eventually, the Sedan crashed into a concrete wall, and

A motorcyclist died in a crash near U.S. 301 in Hillsborough County on Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP, a Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling south on US-301, while a Ford F150 was driving north on Jackson Road on Monday at 4 p.m. At the intersection, the Ford truck turned left and entered the path of the motorcycle, and the two vehicles collided.  The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital where they died from their injuries. Have

Photo by: wesh2 Polk County Fire Chief Dr. Hezedean Smith said 41-year-old firefighter Brian Herr has died after crashing into the median of Interstate 4 in Davenport early Saturday morning. His own colleagues and sheriff’s office deputies responded to the crash. Advertisement “Our crews reported on arrival, they had a fully engulfed, single-car fire. Our crews worked quickly to extinguish the fire,” Smith said. He said Herr was trapped inside. Though he was off duty, his bunker gear was found

A pedestrian died on Sunday, Nov. 19, after being hit by two vehicles, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A Kia Sorento and Toyota Sienna were going west on State Road 52 at 7:15 p.m. At the intersection of Paradise Pointe Way, a pedestrian walked into the path of and was struck by the two vehicles in successive order.  The male pedestrian from Hudson suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the crash. The occupants of the vehicles, a 42-year-old Hudson

Samantha Cabrera said she dropped off her child at daycare last Thursday when she got a frantic call from her husband later that afternoon.  “My husband said, you have to rush over ASAP to the daycare,” she said. “And I said, hey, what’s going on? Then he said just go to the daycare.” Cabrera said her 1-and-a-half-year-old son, Ozias Veloso, suffered second-degree burns on his leg at the Decroly Learning Child Care Center in Homestead on Nov. 16.  According to

Three parkgoers were injured at Disneyland on Monday morning when a lamppost came tumbling down on Main Street USA, according to reports. Wind gusts of up to 60 mph at the popular California theme park in Anaheim were blamed for the freak mishap, which occurred just before 8:30 a.m. and left an elderly woman hospitalized with a head injury, the Orange County Register reported. Two other people were also hurt and were treated at the scene for lesser injuries, Anaheim Fire