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A woman was struck by a car on early Sunday morning near in Downtown Miami, Miami Police say. According to a statement by Miami Police, they arrived at North Miami Avenue and 13th Street to reports of a crash involving a female pedestrian. Police say that this was not a hit and run as the car involved remained on scene. The woman was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, but her condition has not been revealed. However, witness video show she was

Photo by: fox13news  Two New Port Richey men died in Pasco County after a deadly crash on Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a Kia Sorento being driven by a 27-year-old Holiday man was speeding while headed west on SR-54 shortly before 3 p.m. A Lexus RX being driven by a 66-year-old man was headed south on Virginia City Drive, according to FHP. Officials say the Lexus turned left into the path of the Kia at the intersection of

A 32-year-old Wimauma man was driving his car the wrong way in Manatee County early on Sunday morning, according to officials. Authorities say the man was headed north in the southbound lanes of I-275 around 2 a.m. He entered I-75 while still headed in the wrong direction, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 23-year-old Bradenton woman was headed south on I-75 in the left lane at mile marker 233, according to FHP. Troopers say there was also a 29-year-old Saint Cloud

A 30-year-old Spring Hill man died at a local hospital after a crash on Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say a Kia Soul, driven by a 81-year-old Hudson man, was headed north on Cobblestone Drive around 1:12 p.m. According to authorities, the Spring Hill man was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle east on Spring Hill Drive. The 81-year-old tried to cross the eastbound lanes of Spring Hills Drive to turn left and travel west on the divided highway, according

Photo by: Deland Fire Department Smoke and flames were visible from DeLand VFW building as the city’s Fire Department arrived to a late night fire on Friday. According to a post on the DeLand Fire Department’s Facebook site, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the roof and eaves of the building on South Alabama Avenue when they arrived. The DeLand fire crews, assisted by Volusia County Fire Rescue, quickly cleared the building to make sure no one was inside.  The

A man visiting family in Florida was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Polk County Sunday night, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. on 10th Street North, just east of Wabash Avenue in Lakeland. Deputies said the man, who was visiting family from Alabama, was hit by a 2010 to 2014 silver Dodge Caravan or Chrysler Town & Country Van  The vehicle would have been traveling east on 10th Street when it struck the victim from behind

Crashes on both the 18 Mile Stretch of U.S.1 and Card Sound Road backed up all traffic heading into the Florida Keys for hours Friday morning into the afternoon. The crash on the 18 Mile Stretch involved an overturned septic tank truck that was leaking fuel, said Detective Angel Rodriguez, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman. It crashed at mile marker 116, which is on the Miami-Dade County end of the highway. The crash on Card Sound Road happened at the

Photo by: wsvn In the golfing world, the term “hazard” means obstacles, like a bunker or lake that makes shots more difficult. But residents of one condo complex say their hazard is simply living next to a golf course. 7’s Heather Walker investigates. This is what Robert Heath woke up to in January. Robert Heath, resident: “‘Bam,’ my back windshield is completely shattered, and it’s shattered so badly that the little tiny microscopic bits of glass [got] all into the

 A motorcyclist was killed early Thursday morning when he crashed in Boynton Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports. According to a statement, the rider, Kegan Bell, was heading east on Atlantic Avenue around 12:30 a.m. and did not make the left-hand curve just passed El Clair Ranch Road. Bell, 20, struck the curb and was thrown from his motorcycle. He slid into a nearby chain-link fence before ending up back on the shoulder of the road, the Sheriff’s

Photo by: St. Lucie County Fire District  A semi-truck trailer erupted into flames on Interstate 95 in Fort Pierce around midnight Friday. At about 12:15 a.m., St. Lucie County Fire District received a call about a burning tractor trailer on Mile Marker 139 on I-95, according to the fire district. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the trailer was fully engulfed in flames, the fire district reported. The fire district reported extinguishing the fire quickly, but the risk of a

TAVERNIER, Fla. – A small plane crashed in the Florida Keys with two people on board on Sunday afternoon, according to a statement on the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page.  The small ultralight plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Tavenero airport, a private airport in Tavernier.  The two people on board are expected to be OK. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.  In the aftermath of a plane crash, the physical, emotional, and financial toll can be devastating. At Ovadia

Photo by: Okeechobee County Fire Rescue  An early-morning blaze entirely engulfed the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge near Okeechobee on Friday. At about 3 a.m., Okeechobee County Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and found heavy fire bursting through the roof and eating away at all sides of the building, firefighters report. Crews hosed the flames and even brought in a water shuttle for additional supply. No injuries were reported, according to OCFR. Fire accidents can result in devastating losses,