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A 64-year-old man is dead after an unoccupied pickup truck rolled backward and ran him over. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said the incident took place at the man’s home on Buccaneer Road in Lake Worth. The crash report stated. on Monday at 12:45 p.m., Dwayne Kenneth Musselman had used a 2006 Chevy Silverado to pull a large stump from the ground. However, the truck was not properly placed in “park” and as the driver was outside of

A fatal crash Tuesday morning has prompted the closure of a road in Winter Garden, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The wreck happened around 7:40 a.m. on Tiny Road near Green Orchard Avenue, east of State Road 429. Tiny Road is closed in the area. Details about the crash have not yet been released. Advocates for Justice After a Car Accident: Ovadia Law Group serves as advocates for justice after a car accident. Our team prioritizes your rights and well-being,

Photo by: wsvn Miami-Dade Fire Rescue saved a driver who was pinned in their vehicle following a crash in Miami Lakes. The incident occurred on the southbound lanes of 57th Avenue at Northwest 158th Street, Tuesday morning. Live video footage showed the moment fire rescue successfully extracted a conscious individual who had been pinned in their car for at least 10 minutes. The operation required crews to remove the car’s roof, now visible on the road’s median. Miami-Dade Police said

Traffic was drawn to a halt Tuesday morning in Palm Beach County as two different crashes blocked multiple lanes of I-95 at the same location. The incidents were around Forest Hill Boulevard, exit 66. Three northbound lanes of the interstate were blocked due to a major crash around 6:45 a.m. but have since reopened. A moderate crash was reported around 7:35 a.m. on I-95 South directly across the walled median from where the first incident happened, according to the Florida 511

Authorities on Monday identified two people who died in a one-vehicle crash here last week. According to police, the vehicle ran off northbound Carlson Boulevard near Florida Avenue about 7:15 a.m. on Jan. 12, and hit at least one tree in the center median. Authorities said 18-year-old Rosa Herrera, of Richmond, and 21-year-old Elijah Thomasson, of Berkeley, died at the crash site. Police have not said who was driving and added that toxicology tests will determine whether drugs or alcohol

A Florida man was arrested after throwing a beer at a vehicle he believed was going too fast in his neighborhood, subsequently leading him to shoot his AR-15 rifle, according to officials. Eric Proctor told investigators that he threw a beer can at a vehicle because the driver was speeding in the neighborhood and that he then confronted the driver about speeding, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a video posted to social media. Proctor said he was going to grab his AR-15 and

A gas station roof collapsed in Southwest Florida as heavy rain continues to soak vast parts of the state. It has been an ugly start to the year for the Sunshine State, with things only set to get bleaker as a rainy Tuesday is followed by a cold snap across Central Florida. Southern Florida has already been struck by multiple tornadoes since the entry of the new year over two weeks ago. In North Fort Myers, the gas station sitting on the corner Hancock Bridge Parkway and Orange

A driver believed to be impaired was taken into custody Monday evening after crashing into a parked police cruiser in St. Petersburg, officers said. The St. Petersburg Police Department said the officer inside the parked cruiser was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Authorities said the driver turned into the parked cruiser at 18th Avenue South and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. The cruiser was positioned to block off the street, according to the police department. The driver was

Photo by: South Trail Fire & Rescue District One person was hospitalized after a van flipped during a crash in Fort Myers on Monday morning. Tow trucks are currently on the scene. A crash occurred at 10:50 a.m. on Daniels Parkway eastbound, closing off 13500 Sophomore Lane. According to the South Trail Fire Protection & Rescue Service District, the driver of the flipped van was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. South Trail Fire reminds all drivers not

Photo by: cbsnews A house fire displaced 7 adults and killed 2 dogs Monday morning in Northwest Miami.  It happened at around 11 a.m. at a single-story residential triplex in the area of 412 NW 59 Street.  When fire crews arrived they found smoke and flames showing and reports of animals trapped inside.  Firefighters had the fire under control in under 30 minutes, but authorities say 2 out of 5 dogs died due to smoke inhalation. Two cats were also

Biscayne Park police are investigating a fiery car crash that killed two men and left another critically injured. It happened just before 1 p.m. Monday afternoon on 119th Street in Biscayne Park.  According to police, the driver hit a tree in the median of the residential street, then crashed into a carport and then the vehicle burst into flames.  Two occupants of the car were ejected during the crash. “We recovered evidence and video and will be working with Miami-Dade

An 84-year-old man from Morriston died on Friday afternoon after his sedan veered off the roadway and struck a tree in Levy County. At around 4:40 p.m. on Friday, January 12, the elderly man was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 41, according to the Florida Highway Patrol incident report. FHP stated that when the sedan was north of the County Road 326 intersection, the driver “failed to keep his vehicle in its proper lane,” and it entered the east grassy