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A 53-year-old Sarasota man is dead following a car crash on Bee Ridge Road in the early hours of Sunday, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The crash happened around 8 a.m. near the intersection of Bee Ridge Road and Honore Avenue when the 53-year-old driver in a Dodge pickup truck crossed the center median and collided with the left side of a sport utility vehicle. Investigators believe the man had a “medical event” prior to the crash, according

A vehicle crash on I-75 southbound in Lee County near Colonial Boulevard has caused several hours of delays for motorists. All lanes of traffic have been closed on Tuesday morning near mile marker 135 after a car crashed into a semi-truck while traveling on the highway. Seek alternative routes if possible. The cause of the crash is currently being investigated. Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. Ovadia

SOUTH PALM BEACH, Fla. — A driver hit and killed a 73-year-old woman who was crossing a road in South Palm Beach on Friday, deputies said. Investigators said Hatixhe Laiqi of South Palm Beach was walking across the 3500 block of S Ocean Boulevard just after 6 p.m. when she was hit by an SUV. Despite hitting the woman, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said the driver continued to head north on S Ocean Boulevard. Laiqi was pronounced dead

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Police are searching for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a 71-year-old pedestrian who was walking to his apartment from a convenience store on Saturday night in Delray Beach. The Delray Police Department didn’t release the name of the victim as of Sunday night. But three family members told WPTV the victim was Romeo Della Valle. Remulus Della Valle, who said he is Romeo’s identical twin brother, said he enjoyed writing poems and

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A 33-year-old motorcycle rider suffered serious injuries when the person was ejected in Port St. Lucie, police said. The crash was reported at 4:39 p.m. Saturday at Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard and Southwest Aster, west of Florida’s Turnpike The operator was traveling east on Port St. Lucie Boulevard and struck a curbed median, and was ejected. The person was airlifted to a hospital. On Sunday, spokesperson Sgt. Dominick Mesiti told WPTV said the person

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) has charged a Florida man in a hit-and-run that killed his father on Saturday night. At approximately 8:36 p.m., deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to R Bar, located at 245 108th Avenue in Treasure Island, to investigate a fatal hit-and-run. According to investigators, 86-year-old Thomas McKeown was struck and dragged by a black pickup truck in the parking lot of the bar. Investigators later learned

MARGATE, Fla. – An investigation continues as officers try to figure out what exactly led up to a vehicle slamming into the front of a Margate business on Saturday. The front of that GameStop, located along West Atlantic Boulevard near State Road 7, has been boarded up after a vehicle belonging to the city of Margate crashed into it. According to police, they responded to a car into a building crash and found the Margate Parks and Recreation vehicle had smashed

According to police, the driver of the car crashed after having a medical episode, and later died from that episode, not from any injuries sustained in the crash. They said there was also a juvenile in the car who was unharmed. WESH2 spoke with the people who live in the home, who said no one inside was injured. The car crashed into a child’s playroom. Valorie Ford said she could hear something coming Sunday afternoon. “And then it hit the

A 41-year-old man who was standing on Interstate 75 in Marion County this morning was struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene. The fatal accident took place at around 4:45 a.m. and led to the closure of multiple lanes of the highway for several hours. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, an unknown vehicle was traveling northbound on I-75, in the right lane near the area of mile marker 342. For unknown reasons, the 41-year-old

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Three people are in the hospital following a two-vehicle car crash, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. CBS12 News received footage of a bad two-vehicle car accident near Haverhill Road and Summit Boulevard. Video submitted shows the crash was between a black pickup truck and a black car. The final resting place of the pickup truck shows it lodged into a pole. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

Crash happened while fire crews were working a separate crash scene BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Brevard County district fire chief is expected to be OK after the vehicle he was in was struck while crews were working a crash scene in Interstate 95 on Sunday, according to a news release. Brevard County Fire Rescue officials said the district chief was inside of the District 20 vehicle with when it was struck while working “a scene.” According to the Florida Highway

Deadly crash happened at intersection of E International Speedway Boulevard and West Parkway VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A motorcyclist was killed and 3 others injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Volusia County on Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 1:40 p.m. at the intersection of East International Speedway Boulevard and West Parkway. According to a crash report, a Nissan Rogue was traveling eastbound on East International Speedway Boulevard, west of West Parkway in