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Photo by WKMG  A 45-year-old Deltona man was injured Thursday afternoon when his SUV crashed, overturned and was struck by a semi on State Road 417 near Oviedo, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The two-vehicle wreck happened around 4:10 p.m. on S.R. 417 south near Red Bug Lake Road. The FHP said the man was driving a 2015 Lincoln Navigator south on S.R. 417 south of Red Bug Lake Road in the inside lane. The driver traveled onto the left

Police in Sanford are investigating a shooting at a gas station. The shooting happened Friday at the 7-Eleven on West 25th Street near West Airport Boulevard. A 19-year-old victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries, police say. He remained in critical condition as of Friday night. Police later identified the suspect as 19-year-old ZM. “M was with a group of people, and they all engaged in a verbal altercation with the victim, TJR,” a release from the police

During a recent child protective services interview, a 7-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with autism, described abuse that was so scary that it caused him to wet himself, according to police. The boy had “visible injuries” when he met with a case coordinator at the University of Miami Child Protection Team after a Department of Children and Families investigator made the introduction, according to police. “I observed a red dot bruise in his right eye, a visible bruise from the

 A 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday night on accusations that he got into a fight with another man at a popular bar in Coral Gables after making an anti-Cuban slur toward the victim. According to an arrest report from the Coral Gables Police Department, the incident was reported shortly after 11 p.m. at Copper 29, located at 206 Miracle Mile. Police said the victim claimed that the suspect, ASG, approached him in a “threatening manner” and said, “I know you

A bicyclist had to be rushed to the hospital after they were hit by a school bus in Davie Friday morning, police said. Officers responded to the crash in the 7900 block of Nova Drive, Davie Police officials said. The adult bicyclist suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital. Their identity was not immediately revealed. Police also did not provide information about the driver of the school bus, or what may have caused the crash. The westbound lanes

Photo by: gulfcoastnewsnow A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of College Parkway and Kenwood Lane on Friday morning left one person injured and sent an SUV careening into a building in the Villas. According to South Trail Fire & Rescue, the vehicle struck the exterior of a building at the Kenwood Commons plaza, and the damage was limited to exterior cosmetic impact only. The structure and overall stability of the building were not affected, South Trail Fire said. Fire officials

 A Miami-Dade woman is facing felony charges after deputies said she reached into a woman’s car and struck her with a dog bed during a confrontation in the county’s West Little River neighborhood. VEB, 62, was arrested around 4:45 p.m. Thursday at her home near the 1300 block of Northwest 95th Street, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. B’s arrest report states that deputies were dispatched to that location regarding a burglary. A deputy spoke with the victim, who said

Photo by: local10 A driver lost control of an SUV and crashed into a home in Margate on Friday morning, authorities confirmed. According to the Margate Police Department, the single-vehicle crash occurred in the 6900 block of Royal Palm Boulevard at about 7 a.m. Investigators said the SUV struck and destroyed a metal bar barrier and fence before slamming into the home of Gabrielle Santiago. Police confirmed that no injuries were reported. Local 10’s Jolena Esperto was at the scene,

Photo by: wsvn A man was killed and five people were taken to the hospital after they were involved in a violent crash that shut down a busy intersection in Northwest Miami-Dade, authorities and fire rescue officials said. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of the wreck at Northwest 103rd Street and Seventh Avenue, just after 9 a.m. on Friday. Responding deputies arrived to find multiple vehicles and multiple people injured on the intersection. Paramedics with Miami-Dade Fire

A Pensacola mother says her child was assaulted on school grounds. Amanda Bellamy says the fight happened Wednesday during school hours at Jim C. Bailey Middle School. She claims teachers stood by, doing nothing to stop the fight between her son and a boy two years older than him. But the district says that’s protocol. However, that’s not enough for this mom, who’s now pulled her child out of the Escambia County Public School system. She will be re-enrolling him