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Fort Myers Police have responded to a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle on State Road 82 near Tetter Road. All westbound lanes of State Road 82 were closed for hours at Forum Boulevard, with traffic diverting onto Forum, Wednesday morning. FMPD updated the situation via X at 12:36 p.m., all roadways have since reopened for usual traffic. Compassionate Support for Motorcycle Accident Victims: Motorcycle accidents can be devastating, and Ovadia Law Group offers compassionate support for victims.

A Florida man suspected in the separate murders of a missing woman and a man at a homeless camp has been captured after two months on the run, authorities said Tuesday. Enrique Martinez, 26, was found wandering on a sidewalk near Cooley Road and SR 540 in Winter Haven, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced at a news conference. “He was pretty good at avoiding us for a period of time, but our deputies and detectives, who are the very best, never gave up,”

A crash involving a car and a bicyclist is causing traffic delays on U.S. 27 in Leesburg, according to a news release. Police said the crash happened on U.S. 27 near the entrance of Legacy of Leesburg on Legacy Boulevard. Northbound traffic was shut down following the crash, though police have since announced that all lanes have been reopened. No other information about the crash was released. Ovadia Law Group: Your Advocates After a Bicycle Accident: In the aftermath of

Photo by: wtsp A 35-year-old man died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into an SUV Tuesday in unincorporated Lakeland, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.  The crash happened around 6:45 p.m. near the Carlton Arms of South Lakeland apartment complex, according to a news release. Deputies said a 31-year-old woman was heading home to the apartment complex with her two children in her SUV. As she entered the eastbound turn lane going into the complex, 35-year-old Lawrence Schreiber was going

Photo by: fox35orlando A 44-year-old man is dead following a crash in a residential area of Seminole County Wednesday morning, troopers said. The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. on Greenway Boulevard at Grassy Point Drive in Lake Mary. The Lake Mary man was traveling eastbound on Greenway Boulevard in a Mercedes Benz when, for unknown reasons, the car ran off the road into nearby shrubs, troopers said in a news release. He was taken

Photo by: fox13news A massive 60-foot sinkhole forced a Highland City family to leave their home. Now crews in Polk County are working to fix it as some neighbors worry if their home could be next. “It’s horrible, it’s just unbelievable.  It’s like a nightmare,” said neighbor Jim Mills. A nightmare for any Florida homeowner, is what one Highland City family awoke to Saturday morning. A gaping 60-foot hole is now in their front yard, just steps away from swallowing

Photo courtesy: Hernando County Fire Rescue Eight people were injured in a crash involving a bus in Ridge Manor, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office reported details of the crash at the intersection of Cortez Boulevard (SR-50) and Treiman Boulevard (US-301). Eight people were injured – all adults – in a crash involving a ‘school-type bus.’  Hernando County Fire Rescue reported they responded to the scene to find a bus had collided with a pickup truck. They found

Divers were called out to a marina at Haulover Park Tuesday night following reports of a man in a wheelchair going into the water. Authorities believe it was a freak accident that led to the man going into the water. They said the man was in an electric wheelchair and that it rolled into the water. It happened in the area of Collins Avenue and 108th Street around 7:30 p.m. Miami-Dade Police Marine Patrol officers were already at the marina

Photo by: cbs12 The westbound lanes on Boynton Beach Boulevard and Lawrence Road have reopened after a water main break caused a massive sinkhole Wednesday morning. However, eastbound lanes will remain closed as the 45-foot long and the 10-foot-deep hole is fixed, the City of Boynton Beach said, but to expect the work to be completed on or before Sunday. CBS12 News reported on a tractor-trailer careening into a massive hole, caused by a water main rupture, in the Boynton

A fatal crash in Orlando snarled traffic early Wednesday on the Beachline. Police responded around 3 a.m. to westbound State Road 528 at the Goldenrod exit (mile marker 12), where an off ramp was closed and a right lane was blocked as the crash was investigated. A driver was pronounced dead at the scene by Orlando firefighters, police said. Westbound delays on the Beachline near Orlando International Airport stretched past State Road 417. The crash was reportedly cleared shortly after

Police in Miami-Dade County are investigating a crash that involved a Florida City police vehicle. The two vehicles involved were a silver Honda sedan and a Florida City police supervisor’s SUV. The crash occurred Tuesday at approximately 9:30 p.m. along the 1200 block of North Krome Avenue in Florida City. Local 10 News’ Bridgette Matter spoke to the wife of the driver of the Honda, who said her husband, a family member and another friend went on a shopping trip

Florida Highway Patrol said a deadly Volusia County crash is being investigated. Tuesday afternoon, three vehicles were involved in a crash near US 17-92 and Prevatt Road around 12:30 p.m. Troopers said an SUV didn’t slow down for stopped traffic and swerved into another lane. The SUV struck the front of a motorcycle. Another motorcycle also collided with the SUV’s trailer, FHP said. Both drivers of the motorcycles were thrown from their vehicles. One of them, a 73-year-old Ormond Beach