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A “freaked out” burglary suspect stuck in a Florida subdivision full of cul-de-sacs resorted to violently crashing his car rather than surrendering, video shows. The man and his passenger survived the high-speed crash but ended up in a hospital, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. It happened Monday, Nov. 13, in the Preservation Pointe neighborhood, which includes four cul-de-sacs, a loop and a dead-end road, maps show. The neighborhood is in Davenport, about 35 miles southwest of

Photo by: WFTV9 Florida Highway Patrol is at the scene of a deadly crash in Osceola County. Shortly before 5 a.m., troopers responded to US-192, also known as Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, near Bradley Drive in St. Cloud. As of 6:30 a.m., FHP’s website indicated that a stretch of the westbound lanes of US-192 were closed. Drone 9 is also near the scene of the deadly crash; it appears that a car is lodged under a semi-truck. Have you been

Photo by: MSN A 43-year-old Pensacola man has died following last week’s crash at an Escambia County intersection. WEAR News previously reported that five people were hospitalized following a collision last Monday night at the intersection of Chemstrand Road and Crooked Oak Drive. A pickup truck and a car collided, with the car ending up in a ravine on the side of the road. Several people were extricated from both vehicles by first responders. Florida Highway Patrol tells WEAR News on Monday

A 76-year-old man is accused of hitting a worker at a car show on purpose. Anthony Guerra is facing charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after the incident. Words like belligerent and aggressive were used to describe Guerra’s behavior towards staff in the arrest report. “They have these car shows every so often,” said Lady Lake police Chief Steven Hunt. “They go off without a hitch routinely. So this was something very unique.” It all started just before

A 26-year-old Lakeland woman was killed and four other people were seriously injured Sunday night in a head-on crash on US 17-92 in Osceola County. The crash happened around 10 p.m. near Sundown Drive. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 2019 Chrysler Sebring was traveling north on 17-92 when the driver, a 26-year-old Lakeland man, tried to pass a vehicle in a no-passing zone and entered in the path of an oncoming 2022 Toyota Corolla. Troopers said the Chrysler attempted

A 32-year-old Milton man was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in Santa Rosa County. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash took place on State Road 87 at Interstate 10 around 12:50 p.m. Troopers say the motorcycle was traveling northbound on State Road 87 at a high rate of speed around traffic when a pick-up truck turned onto the roadway from I-10. The pick-up truck pulled in front of the motorcycle — resulting in a collision. FHP says

The driver of a Nissan SUV crashed into a tow truck, hitting its driver who was standing on the roadway tending to a disabled car on Interstate 95 southbound near 62nd Street. The driver of the tow truck was killed and police are now investigating the fatal accident as a hit-and-run. The Nissan driver abandoned the car and ran away, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alejandro Camacho. The accident happened around 4:35 a.m. Saturday on southbound I-95 in the area

According to Florida Highway Patrol, eight people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Escambia County Saturday afternoon. The crash took place around 3:30 p.m. near Exit 7B in the eastbound lanes of I-10. In a release, troopers say leading up the accident, traffic was moving slowly eastbound due to a separate motor vehicle crash. According to FHP, “A white Dodge Ram 3500 pick-up truck pulling a heavy-duty trailer, loaded with a mini steam roller and a

A Middleburg motorcyclist died in a crash Saturday afternoon after running through a stop sign, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the 58-year-old motorcyclist was driving south on Indigo Avenue around 1 p.m. while a truck was traveling with a passenger west on Cattail Street. The report said the motorcyclist did not stop at the stop sign at the intersection, causing him to collide with the truck’s passenger side. The motorcyclist died on the scene. The report said

Panama City Police Department staff stated there was a crash involving a motorcyclist at the intersection of 23rd Street and Beck Avenue Saturday evening that has closed the intersection. Authorities said a car was facing west in the turn lane on 23rd Street trying to turn south onto Beck Avenue, and they said the motorcyclist was going east on 23rd Street. The crash is still under investigation, but officials said at least one of the vehicles failed to yield, and

South Walton Fire District staff said four people were hospitalized after a multi-car crash in south Walton County Saturday evening. Authorities said around 6:20 p.m., firefighters arrived on the scene of the crash at U.S. Highway 98 and Mussett Bayou Road. They said four vehicles were involved in the incident, including motorcycles, and multiple people were requiring immediate medical attention. Officials said two patients with serious injuries were determined to be “trauma alerts” and were taken to a trauma center

A 60-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash in the Florida Keys Saturday morning that caused about four hours of partial closures on a major highway, authorities said. Around 10:30 a.m., the bicyclist, who was not identified, was stopped in the left turn lane on US-1 near 39th Street in Marathon, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. A pickup truck, driven by a 44-year-old man, was stopped at the intersection of 39th Street and Gulf Avenue.The bicyclist began to