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One person is dead after their car hit a utility pole on Morris Bridge Road early Tuesday morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies responded to Morris Bridge Road just south of Cory Lake Boulevard around 3:43 a.m. in regards to a crash with injuries. Tampa Fire Rescue arrived at the scene first to find a car that hit a utility pole. TFR assessed to see if life-saving measures were possible, but the driver suffered fatal injuries. Lanes in

A 21-year-old man from Tallahassee is dead after a crash on Interstate 10 in Suwannee County Monday afternoon. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the 21-year-old man was driving a sedan westbound on I-10 near mile marker 283 just before 1 p.m. when he hit a stopped pickup truck. Paramedics said the 21-year-old man died at the scene. I-10 westbound at mile marker 283 was closed due to the crash but has now since re-opened. Aggressive Advocacy for Car Accident

A 36-year-old man from Mississippi is dead after being hit by a vehicle in Ocala Monday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, a sedan was traveling southbound on US Highway 441 at around 11:30 p.m. The 36-year-old was walking across the southbound lanes on US Highway 441 when the driver of the sedan hit the 36-year-old. The 36-year-old was pronounced dead. Comprehensive Legal Support After a Pedestrian AccidentNavigating the aftermath of a pedestrian accident can be overwhelming. Ovadia Law

An investigation is underway after seven Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a shooting. The deputy-involved shooting happened near 20254 Gulf Boulevard in Indian Shores, deputies said. Around 1:29 a.m., deputies stopped a car at 113 Street North and Park Boulevard in regards to the vehicle running a red light. The suspect, MDF , 65, spoke with the deputy telling him the CIA was after her before driving away, according to Chief AH. After driving away, deputies tried

(Credit: Florida Highway Patrol) Multiple lanes of I-75 in Hillsborough County were temporarily blocked Monday afternoon after a semi-truck overturned while merging onto the highway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened just before 2:30 p.m. on March 31, as the driver of the semi, a 68-year-old Apollo Beach man, was traveling north along the I-75 entrance ramp, north of Big Bend Road, troopers reported. Authorities said the driver failed to negotiate a curve, causing the semi’s unloaded

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A busy stretch of I-75 turned chaotic on Monday as a tractor-trailer collided with four cars in a chain-reaction crash, sending one driver to the hospital with serious injuries. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, this happened just South of MM 262 around 11:26 a.m. when the 55-year-old man driving the tractor-trailer didn’t slow down for cars that either stopped or were moving slowly in heavy traffic. The truck hit the back of a Nissan Maxima,

Photo by: wfla  A customer at a Tampa business was killed Monday night after being shot by an employee, according to police. Officers with the Tampa Police Department said they received a call around 6:14 p.m. regarding a disturbance at the business located off of North Nebraska Avenue. Police found a man with a gunshot wound once they arrived at the location. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, according to the police

Photo by: ucbn drone Naples Fire crews worked to extinguish flames that sparked inside a Florida Power and Light vault along Gulfshore Boulevard North Monday night. According to the Naples Fire-Rescue District, FPL shut off power starting with the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and US-41 and everything south of that intersection. FPL’s power tracker map shows 318 customers have been affected in the Moorings area as of 10:27 p.m. More than 500 customers are still without power as of 5a.m.

The Brief A man was hit and killed Monday morning as he tried to cross 66th St. N. in a wheelchair against the signal, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department.  The backstory: Police said a 38-year-old man in a Nissan Titan truck was traveling north on 66th St. N, approaching 78th Ave. N. in the curb lane shortly before 6:30 a.m.  At the same time, a 73-year-old man in a wheelchair was crossing 66th St. N. in the crosswalk against the

A fight over a pair of shoes recently prompted a man to ambush and attack a family friend in a parking lot in Miami-Dade County, according to police. Surveillance video shows J “Z” Z arriving at the crime scene on Thursday night in Doral in his girlfriend’s black Porsche Macan, according to police. Detectives reported Z confronted the victim who had been spending time with friends at Twin Peaks, a bar and restaurant at 8700 NW 18 Terrace. Surveillance video

A Miami woman who had her driver’s license revoked after authorities determined she’s a “habitual traffic offender” has been arrested in a hit-and-run crash that left a man in a wheelchair hospitalized, officials said. EG, 43, was arrested Sunday on charges of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury, grand theft of a vehicle, and habitual driving with a license suspended, Miami-Dade jail records said. The crash had happened around 1 p.m. in the area of Northwest

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando A reckless driver caused a multi-vehicle crash that caused the South Causeway bridge in New Smyrna Beach to be closed for hours on Monday afternoon, according to a news release. New Smyrna Beach police said that around 1 p.m., they received reports of the reckless driver in the 7300 block of Turtlemound Road. A deputy from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office then located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near 3rd Avenue and South Peninsula Ave,