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A 43-year-old Colorado man who may have had experience as a volunteer firefighter in Los Angeles County has been arrested on suspicion of DUI and second-degree murder after a fatal collision in Dana Point, authorities said. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to a traffic collision with injuries near Coast Highway and Palisades Drive in Dana Point at around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5. Deputies found an injured adult man in his 50s lying in the roadway

A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputy was struck by an impaired driver early Monday morning, a social media release state. According to the release, the incident occurred Just after midnight on November 6, 2023. A deputy with his HCSO-marked Chevrolet Silverado was conducting an off-duty detail providing roadway safety and traffic control services for a construction business. The deputy was in the left lane of Interstate 75 northbound, south of College Avenue, when a 2011 Honda Accord sedan, driven by Courtney Lynnette

71-year-old Vilma Moreno of Belle Glade died in a Belle Glade car accident. The deadly accident happened near CR-880 and Duda Road in Belle Glade just before 7 AM on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023. Marianne Rodriguez was traveling east on CR 880. At the same time, Rosa Arroyo De Martinez was traveling south on Duda Road, proceeding thru the intersection on a green light. Investigators say that Rodriguez failed to stop at the red light and proceeded into the intersection.

A man has been killed in a crash between a pick-up truck and car in Columbia County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the crash happened around noon Tuesday at the intersection of County Road 131 and Country Road 240. A 56-year-old woman driving the car ran a stop sign and collided with the pickup truck being driven by a 28-year-old man. Both drivers and a passenger in the pick-up truck are hospitalized. The 64-year-old passenger who was riding in the

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 53-year-old Kissimmee, Florida man has died from injuries he sustained in what the Florida Highway Patrol is calling a hit-and-run crash.  It happened just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday. According to a preliminary investigation, an unknown vehicle was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 192 (W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway) east of Old Vineland Road in the center lane when it struck the man who was walking north and entered into the vehicle’s path. Westbound lanes of the highway

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 44-year-old Kissimmee man riding a motorcycle through Osceola County Friday night was killed upon crashing into the side of a van that had turned into his path, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8:12 p.m. on Buenaventura Boulevard at Majors Lane, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the motorcyclist was traveling north on Buenaventura Boulevard as the van was stopped westbound on Majors Lane. Witnesses told troopers that the motorcyclist

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 65-year-old Ocala woman was killed in a crash in Marion County on Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the deadly crash happened around 5 p.m. on State Road 200, west of SW 62nd Court. According to a crash report, a pickup truck being driven by a 59-year-old Beverly Hills man was traveling west on State Road 200, and a sedan being driven by the Ocala woman was driving east on the same

A man has found himself behind bars after a hit-and-run crash in Orlando on Monday night that left a 25-year-old man critically injured, according to Florida Highway Patrol.  Anthony Martin, 27, was arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run and tampering with physical evidence after the incident that unfolded on South Orange Blossom Trail and Americana Boulevard just before 11:30 p.m. Monday.  Martin and his Nissan Altima were heading south on OBT approaching Americana Boulevard in the center lane when a

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 55-year-old man is dead after police say he ran a red light and crashed into a utility trailer Saturday evening in Lakeland.  At around 6:20 p.m., authorities arrived at East Memorial Boulevard after receiving a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a utility trailer attached to a truck, the Lakeland Police Department said in a news release.  Police say they found Oscar Rivera Jr. unresponsive and discovered that he was the driver of the motorcycle.  The

WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A cement truck overturned on a South Florida expressway Monday morning and has led to one person being hospitalized. The incident occurred on the State Road 836 exit ramp to Northwest 137th Avenue in West Miami-Dade, which left the driver trapped inside the vehicle and fuel leaking onto the roadway. First responders raced to the scene to extricate the driver from the overturned cement truck. Firefighters also managed to halt the fuel leak from the

Photo by: Ocala.com A two-vehicle wreck involving a car and a pickup truck Monday evening killed one person and injured another. Here’s what we know about the crash: Near Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 6455 SW SR 200. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a woman driving a Genesis was eastbound on SR 200. A Ford F-150 was westbound on the same road. The pickup crossed the grassy median for an unknown reason and collided with the car, which officials said

LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) – A restaurant in Lauderhill was boarded up following a dangerous drive. According to Lauderhill Police, a driver slamming his black Toyota sedan into a restaurant on West Commercial Boulevard and Northwest 77th Avenue, Sunday afternoon. The front of the business was damaged, and tables and chairs inside were left mangled. No one inside the restaurant was hurt, but police said the driver suffered minor injuries. He was taken to a medical facility for treatment. Ovadia Law