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Credit: Florida Highway Patrol A crash Wednesday overturned a Range Rover before colliding with air conditioning units at an apartment, the Florida Highway Patrol announced. A Land Rover Range Rover driven by a 78-year-old Odessa woman was traveling westbound on a private drive approaching Gunn Highway when the vehicle did not stop and continued across Gunn Highway. The Range Rover crashed into a Ford Van, driven by a 21-year-old Tampa woman who was traveling southbound on Gunn Highway, according to

An Orlando man has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash more than a year ago in Orange County, court records show. The crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m. Sept. 10, 2023, on Kissimmee-Vineland Road, south of LBV Factory Stores Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver — identified as WJ, 44, of Orlando — struck a pedestrian while driving an SUV southbound along Kissimmee-Vineland Road, troopers said. FHP eventually made contact with J, who told troopers he

A beloved French bulldog perished in a Fort Lauderdale house fire that forced a man and his animals to evacuate on Thursday. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said the man was able to escape the home on Southwest 6th Street with two chihuahuas, but his other four dogs, all Frenchies, were still missing inside the home. When firefighters arrived, the house was burning and filled with smoke. “I went inside and there was smoke everywhere. The house was filled. My alarms

An 83-year-old woman involved in a West Palm Beach crash nearly a month ago passed away earlier this week. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), Helen West died on Tuesday while in hospice care from injuries she sustained in the wreck. The PBSO crash report indicates the West Palm Beach woman had been heading south on Kirk Road, near the Summit Boulevard intersection, on the night of January 5, when she went to turn left. Her Kia

Tice Fire tells us that crews are responding to a fire near the Waste Management facility in Buckingham. A representative from Tice Fire says a fire broke out in the boiler area – generating an excessive amount of smoke. North Fort Myers Fire Rescue received the call at 9:27 a.m. Lehigh Acres Fire Rescue is also responding. The department tells us that everyone has been evacuated except for key personnel. This is a developing story. Fire accidents can be devastating,

A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday after a track incident during her junior dragster race at Orlando Speed World Dragway over the weekend. EDR “had a vehicle accident,” according to a verified GoFundMe page. Orlando Speed World confirmed the death on its Facebook page. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. According to dragzine.com, E was ” reportedly making her first runs

A 71-year-old beachgoer from New York was injured Wednesday after she was hit by a vehicle pulling out of a parking spot in Daytona Beach, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. The incident was reported around 2:43 p.m. near the Silver Beach Avenue beach ramp, VSO said. The woman was sitting in a beach chair behind a vehicle when a Chevrolet Colorado parked next to her pulled out of its parking spot. The driver made an immediate right turn toward the beach exit,

A deadly crash on a highway in Belle Glade claimed the life of a 30-year-old woman who tried to make a left turn. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report states that on Tuesday around 3:08 p.m., the woman was driving north in a Lexus NX250 in the 12500 block of US-27 South and had stopped in the median break. The report notes that at the same time, a GMC truck, traveling south in the left lane and

One person has been detained after a man was shot and killed in West Park Wednesday night, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Deputies received a call about a shooting in the 4000 block of Pembroke Road at around 8:26 p.m. There, deputies found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. His name has not been released. “Through investigative methods, detectives located a subject who has been detained,” BSO said. “This investigation

photo by: Special to Gulf Coast News College Parkway eastbound at South Pointe Boulevard is reduced to one lane after a rollover crash Thursday morning. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the two-vehicle crash around 7:20 a.m. A witness on the scene said a truck struck the front of a car before flipping on its side and sliding for several hundred feet through the intersection before coming to rest on its side. Iona McGregor fire crews also responded to

Four people were hurt after a multi-vehicle crash on State Road 16 near the Shands Bridge Wednesday afternoon, according to the St. Johns County Fire Rescue. The crash happened on State Road 16 near State Road 13 North, and involved four vehicles. Two people suffered serious injuries and were taken to a local trauma center for treatment, officials said. The crash caused traffic backups in the area as emergency units responded.  If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you

 A bicyclist is dead following a crash in Clearwater on Wednesday morning.  What we know: It happened at Drew Street and Main Avenue shortly before noon.  Police say the crash involved a truck and a bicyclist who has only been identified as an adult male.  The bicyclist was taken to Morton Plant Hospital where he later died.  The eastbound lanes of Drew Street were closed for several hours on Wednesday, but have since reopened.  What we don’t know: Police have not released