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A 26-year-old woman died Friday in Putnam County when she crawled through a pickup truck window while it was in motion, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said at 5:30 p.m. on Yelvington Road, the woman was sitting in the truck bed and then attempted to crawl through the side window from the bed. She fell from the right side of the pickup truck and hit the ground while it was still in motion. The pickup truck driver, a 39-year-old

 An 18-year-old from Jacksonville has been arrested for his role in a shooting near soccer fields in Oakleaf Plantation that left a juvenile victim injured, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said BL was arrested and charged with three counts of attempted murder after he shot the victim on Friday evening near Silver Bluff Boulevard and Plantation Oaks Boulevard following an “altercation.” CCSO added that Ludwig and the victim knew each other. “This reckless and senseless act of violence endangered

A pedestrian was killed on Saturday morning after a hit-and-run in Lehigh Acres. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene on Lee Blvd., near Hannah Avenue N, around 5 a.m. Troopers said a grey Kia was driving east on Lee Blvd. before colliding with a pedestrian. The vehicle then reportedly fled the scene of the crash. FHP said a 60-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene. Troopers said they received information regarding the vehicle’s location. FHP responded to

photo by: wfla A fire broke out at a CubeSmart Self Storage in Riverview on Friday. According to the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, just before noon, dispatchers responded to calls about an RV fire at the facility located at 12902 US Highway 301. At the scene they found the fire had spread to several other RVs and stored vehicles within the establishment. HCFR said it took 25 minutes for crews to subdue the flames, and they were able to suppress

photo by: wfla A truck drove off a bridge into a creek in Gibsonton on Friday. The crash happened on U.S. 41 south of Beach Avenue at 12:30 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver lost control of the truck, crashed through the concrete barrier and ended up in the water. The driver was not hurt in the crash. Drivers on US-41 are asked to divert off the road at Big Bend Road. Expert Legal Representation for Truck

Credit: San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service Lee County firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on Elwood Road, outside San Carlos Park west of U.S. 41. The mobile home fire was reported to first responders at around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. According to the San Carlos Fire Protection and Rescue Service, the home was engulfed by flames, forcing first responders to act quickly. The home’s only occupant was seen outside and unharmed. Crews extinguished the fire before

 An Orange County man was arrested Thursday, months after his 3-year-old son took a gun from a backpack and shot himself in the chest, according to sheriff’s officials. TS, 32, was taken into custody after the shooting, which happened on May 27, 2024. According to a charging affidavit, the boy took the gun from S’s backpack and shot himself, but the bullet did not strike any vital organs. The affidavit stated that the child was expected to make a full

The Florida Highway Patrol said on Thursday night it is investigating a crash that left one man dead and a teen seriously injured in Ormond Beach. The crash occurred on Granada Boulevard east of Shadow Crossings Blvd, Troopers say. The crash involved a 2021 Ford F-150 and a 2015 GMC Sierra. The man driving the Ford was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the GMC was a 16-year-old man from Ormond Beach who was transported to Halifax Medical

A Thursday night at a Fort Pierce Cemetery turned into chaos as a brush fire erupted into a raging inferno, engulfing a maintenance building. The St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) reported that at 9:08 PM, multiple fire units rushed to the scene near Kings Highway and US1, only to discover en route that the brush fire had escalated to a full-blown structure fire at Hillcrest Cemetary. Upon arrival, firefighters reported encountering a 50-foot by 30-foot maintenance building engulfed in

photo by: WEAR Crews put out a fire Friday morning at a home on Massachusetts Avenue in Escambia County. It broke out around 9:30 a.m. on the 2000-block. The fire was extinguished by 10:30 a.m. Multiple Escambia County Fire were called to the scene, as well as Escambia County deputies. The county says no one was at the home at the time of the fire. No one was injured. The occupants of the home will be displaces. The county says

photo by: (MCSO) A school bus was involved in a four-vehicle pileup Friday morning that is expected to cause delays in the area. In its post shortly after 8:30 p.m., the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported no one was hurt in the crash, which happened at the Federal Highway and Village Road intersection, in Lake Park. A picture shared by the Sheriff’s Office showed the school bus at the head of a train of wrecked vehicles. Its statement did not provide

 Two detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office were hospitalized overnight following a crash involving an 18-wheeler, authorities confirmed Friday morning. According to MDSO, the crash occurred around 11:36 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Northwest 167th Street and 12th Avenue. Deputies said the detectives were heading north on 12th Avenue in an unmarked vehicle when they collided with an 18-wheeler that was traveling west on 167th Street. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue rushed to the scene and transported the detectives to Jackson