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Photo by: Hernando County Fire Rescue Six people were hospitalized following a crash with “multiple injuries” in Hernando County Tuesday afternoon. According to Hernando County Fire Rescue, the crash occurred on Cortez Boulevard and Burwell Road. Three victims were airlifted to local trauma centers, while three additional victims were taken by ambulance. The victim’s conditions are unknown at this time. HCFR shared photos of the scene that show mutilated vehicles, with an engine lying in the middle of the roadway. Officials

Photo by: Sky10 A crash along East Busch Boulevard in Tampa is causing delays to Wednesday morning’s commute. Sky 10 flew over the scene and captured two sedans with severe front-end damage near the railroad tracks next to a self-storage facility. One car sat sideways in the middle lane with debris scattered in the right lane. Only the left lane was open to allow traffic through. The other car had gone over the storage facility’s fencing, with the front bumper facing the

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a teenage boy is recovering after he was shot accidentally on Manotak Point Drive. Detectives said that at around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a local hospital after the teen arrived with non-life-threatening injuries consistent with a birdshot. Officers then responded to Manotak Point Drive to locate the crime scene and speak with witnesses. The investigation revealed that the shooting was accidental, but JSO said it’s still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Anyone with information

Former Palmetto Bay Councilman David Singer wants police to do more after he was shot in the eye with some sort of projectile. Singer said he was shot with some sort of water pellet gun while standing in his driveway with his teen son and his friends on Friday night. “I turned around and One of the projectiles hit me in the eye,” he said. “My son came to me and said hey, this white car sprayed projectiles, plastic BBs

 A 36-year-old man accused of causing a crash while driving under the influence was facing six criminal charges on Wednesday in Broward County. Records show Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies booked Michael Jerome Perez on Tuesday at the Broward County main jail in Fort Lauderdale. Perez was with a minor when he crashed a white 2017 Honda Accord into a tree at about 2:30 a.m., on Nov. 22, in the area of North 40 Avenue and Taft Street, according to the

While First Coast News was on the scene where a pedestrian was hit by three cars and killed, an accident happened right in front of our reporter. The pedestrian, Jasmine D. Allen, was killed in the 4900 block of Soutel Drive near the intersection with Clyde Drive, Monday night at about 8:40 p.m. That’s right outside Inner City Christian School.  Two cars collided at the same intersection Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m. while First Coast News was there reporting on the first accident.  Jacksonville Fire

 A man in his late-40s died Tuesday night after he lost control of an ATV he was riding and crashed into a tree on Jacksonville’s Westside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office told First Coast News. JSO’s Sergeant Hungerford says the crash happened at approximately 7:55 p.m. in the 7200 block of Commonwealth Avenue. Hungerford says the man was riding the ATV eastbound along the southside of the roadway on the grass shoulder, and lost control when he “drove down into a small culvert.”

A 2-year-old boy has died in a drowning Tuesday at a home in Margate, authorities said. Margate Police confirmed officers responded to a home on Northwest 79th Avenue for a child drowning. First responders gave the child CPR and transported him to Broward Health in Coral Springs, where he was pronounced dead. The child’s identity wasn’t released. What led up to the drowning is unclear. Police said charges are not being filed at this time. Footage from Chopper 6 showed

A man was killed and a suspect was taken into custody after a reported shooting at a home in Hialeah Wednesday morning, police said. Hialeah Police officials said officers responded to a call of a possible shooting at 4575 West 13th Lane around 6:40 a.m. and found a man dead at the scene. According to police, the suspect was still at the scene and was taken into custody. Footage showed a man in handcuffs before he was placed in the

he Boynton Beach Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson with the police department told WPBF 25 News its officers responded at around 12:50 p.m. to the 500 block of 12th Avenue in response to three men shot. The spokesperson added the men are not cooperating with police and the scene is currently active. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. Negligent shootings can cause immense physical, emotional, and

A cruise ship dancer from New York appeared in Fort Lauderdale federal court Monday after authorities accused him of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. Court documents state Jamaal Wade, 26, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, admitted in online chats to having molested a boy while “on tour with a performance group.” U.S. Marshals arrested him in Broward County on Sunday, jail records show. It’s not clear whether the arrest came before or after a cruise. Court documents state the

Photo by: Torres, Andrea, Google Street View Deputies found a man wounded on Wednesday in Broward County after a shooting. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the shooting victim was at the Extended Stay America Premier Suites, at 1200 FAU Research Park Boulevard, in Deerfield Beach. Carey Codd, a spokesman for BSO, reported the man had suffered from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel took him to a nearby hospital. This is a developing story.  Personal injuries