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Driver trying to escape from police runs red light causing crash that seriously injured child: SPPD

An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday morning when police say a driver bolting from officers ran a red light and slammed into a vehicle she was riding in. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, a traffic officer was trying to pull over Ajaye Morrer shortly before 9 a.m. on 1st Avenue South, just east of 34th Street South, when Morrer sped up and drove away from the officer.  Police say Morrer then ran a red light on 31st

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2 dead following Manatee County ‘boating incident’

A deadly boat crash in Manatee County is under investigation.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says a deceased body was found on Saturday behind the water treatment plant on Ward Lake following a single vessel boating incident.  On Monday, a second body was found in the water near where the incident happened, according to FWC.  Few details have been released, but FWC confirms that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was also at the scene on Saturday.  FWC stated, “All of the

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UPDATE: Three teenagers officially charged in St. Johns County shooting, chase

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has released the names and mugshots of three of the five men they say were involved in a shooting and police pursuit on Friday. Fitzroy Ellis, 18, is charged with resisting law enforcement without violence. He also has a homicide warrant out of Georgia. Dovanni Small, 18, is charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and resisting law enforcement without violence. Travion Washington, 18, is charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement and

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Family of woman in coma after Miramar hit-and-run desperate for answers amid search for driver

Heartbroken loved ones are searching for answers a week after, police said, a woman was struck by a driver who fled the scene and left her for dead. 7News cameras on Saturday morning captured Miramar Police as they passed out flyers to joggers and drivers along Miramar Parkway. They’re hoping to find the person who left Onyxia Delinois on life support at Memorial Regional Hospital after she went jogging on near 183rd Street and Miramar Parkway, April 6. Her devastated husband, Roosevelt

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Wildwood kidnapping suspect elbowed elderly woman at Publix 2 weeks before 20-hour standoff, deputies say.

A man responsible for a 20-hour standoff in Wildwood allegedly elbowed an elderly woman at Publix just two weeks before, deputies said.  James Savage reportedly forcefully kidnapped his girlfriend, 60-year-old Marivel Dunn from her home on March 14 before letting her go and barricading himself inside a Wildwood home. The 20-hour-long standoff landed him in the Marion County jail where he remains on multiple charges.  A couple of weeks after the incident, a woman told the Marion County Sheriff’s Office

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Pedestrian dies after being struck by Brightline train in Dania Beach

Photo by: NbcMiami A pedestrian was killed after he was struck by a Brightline train on Sunday in Dania Beach, Broward Sheriff Office officials confirmed. According to a statement by the BSO, deputies received a report of a crash involving a Brightline Train and a pedestrian shortly after 8:00 a.m. at West Dania Beach Boulevard and Southwest 4th Avenue. While at the scene, deputies said the pedestrian was pronounced deceased. His identity wasn’t released. BSO did not reveal how the

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Several people injured after truck slams into restaurant in Florida Keys

Photo by: NbcMiami Multiple people were injured after a pickup truck crashed into a restaurant in the Florida Keys Saturday evening. The truck slammed through Tonio’s Seafood Shack & Tiki Bar on Summerland Key around 6 p.m., according to the Monroe County Sheriff Office. Several people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but there were no immediate charges or arrests, the MCSO added in a social media post. What led up to the crash has not yet been released. After a car accident,

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Prosecutors show jury video of deadly shooting as sentencing trial gets underway for man who killed Nassau County deputy.

With a jury seated last week, the sentencing trial for the man who pleaded guilty to killing a Nassau County deputy moved forward on Monday. WATCH LIVE: Press play above to watch the live feed from Nassau County court | WARNING: Trial will include graphic details. Viewer discretion is advised. NOTE: News4JAX chose to show video played in court of the lead-up and aftermath, but not of the moment Deputy Joshua Moyers was shot. The court screened roughly 1,200 Nassau

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Man shot and killed after car crash in NW Miami-Dade

A man was shot after a car accident in Northwest Miami-Dade on Sunday, police said. According to Miami Dade police, a car crash on NW 36th Street and NW 32nd Avenue evolved into an argument and one of the drivers pulled out a firearm and shot the other. “I heard six shots,” Carl Smith, who lives nearby, told NBC6, “I went over next door, see the man laying on the ground.” Smith, who has been living in the area for 30 years

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2 killed in fiery wrong-way wreck on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County

Photo by: wptv Two people died Monday in a fiery wrong-way crash involving three vehicles on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the wreck happened just after 4:30 a.m. at mile marker 138, just south of Indrio Road, north of Fort Pierce. According to a crash report from the FHP, an 81-year-old Delray Beach man was driving a Nissan Sentra northbound in the southbound lanes of I-95 when he collided with a Honda sedan, either

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Palm Coast motorcyclist critically injured after he ‘was unable to maneuver between’ SUV on I-95

A Palm Coast man was critically injured after he was “unable to maneuver between” an SUV on Interstate 95 in St. Johns County while riding on his motorcycle Sunday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol. FHP says at 11:10 p.m., the motorcyclist identified as a 39-year-old man, was traveling south on I-95 near mile marker 308. At the same time, the SUV driven by a 24-year-old Ormond Beach man, was also traveling south on I-95 ahead of the motorcyclist, according

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56-year-old driver dies after overturning into ditch on Jacksonville’s Southside

Photo by: News4JAX  A 56-year-old man died in a crash Saturday morning on Jacksonville’s Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said the man was driving eastbound on Beach Boulevard, near Peach Drive, when his car left the roadway. The car then overturned into a ditch on the south side of the road. JFRD provided lifesaving measures and transported the man to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. This is the 50th traffic fatality in

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