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E-bikes have become increasingly popular. “It’s a blast to ride one. To me it just brings out the little girl in me,” Lisa Beert, a saleswoman at Cycle Werks in Port St. Lucie, said. She said e-bike sales at Cycle Werks have just about doubled in the last couple of years, adding, “The majority of the bikes we sell right now are e-bikes.” “As they become more and more on the roadways, I think we’ll see more and more crashes,

A deadly crash Thursday morning as a section of State Road 429 shut down in Orange County. The crash happened around 3:20 a.m. on SR-429 near West Ponkan Road. All southbound lanes of SR-429 are shut down in the area. It’s unclear how many vehicles are involved and how long the closure will continue. Drivers should seek an alternate route by using SR-46 to Orange Blossom Trail. Channel 9 has a crew headed to the scene to gather more information

Traffic is flowing again after a crash along the Veterans Expressway near Town N Country on Thursday. The crash happened at around 7:11 a.m. at mile-marker 6, which is just south of Waters Ave., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. As of this report, traffic camera footage indicates traffic is backed up for about two miles and is beginning to clear. This is a developing story.  In the aftermath of a car accident, obtaining legal assistance is crucial. Ovadia Law

According to a press release issued by the Cocoa Beach Police Department on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, on the evening of December 31, 2023, tragedy struck as a vehicular collision unfolded on West Cocoa Beach Causeway (SR520), just west of Bicentennial Park in Cocoa Beach. According to the press release, at 9:08 PM, officers from the Cocoa Beach Police Department swiftly responded to a report of a Vehicle Crash with Injuries, discovering two vehicles involved and an extended debris field on the

Police arrested a woman on a vehicular homicide charge Tuesday after they said she was driving a Ford Mustang at nearly double the posted speed limit just before T-boning an SUV in Lauderhill in May, killing its passenger. Authorities also hit Janeyshia Monique Hilton, 22, of North Lauderdale, with two child neglect charges after they said she had her two children unrestrained in the front seat at the time. She also faces multiple counts of reckless driving. According to police,

Source: nbc-2 Two people were taken to a local hospital after a collision and vehicle fire in Collier County Wednesday afternoon. North Collier Fire (NCF) received the call for the crash at the intersection of Immokalee Road and Valewood Drive came in at around 1:45 p.m. According to NCF, a car crashed into a trailer carrying lawn equipment, which sparked the fire. Once crews arrived shortly after to extinguish the fire, passengers were already out of the vehicles. NCF said

Photo by: cbsnews Firefighters battled a fire Wednesday afternoon at Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s mansion in Southwest Ranches. The large home is located in the 16000 block of Berkshire Court. Images from Chopper 4 showed firefighters on the roof of the mansion, making holes on the roof to better fight the blaze.  Heavy black and white smoke was spewing from the mansion.  Several fire engines and crews got to the scene shortly before 2 p.m. When firefighters arrived, everyone who

A veteran St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering after getting hit by a minibus during a traffic stop last week, leaving him with a broken hand and injured shoulder. Now he’s preaching a valuable lesson about Florida’s Move Over Law, which he says the driver who hit him violated. “I thank God, honestly that I’m alive,” said Deputy Joey Romer whose hand is wrapped up and arm is in a sling. “And it was just a matter of inches.

Photo by: spotonflorida A man in Winter Haven was arrested after police say he rammed his truck into a driver who caused an accident, then punched him in the face multiple times. Video released by the Winter Haven Police Department captured the accidental crash and the events that followed. It happened Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Lake Howard Dr. SE and Ave.. Navigating the aftermath of a car accident requires professional legal expertise. Ovadia Law Group offers unwavering support

Photo by: weartv A 56-year-old Pensacola man is dead and a deputy is seriously injured after a deputy-involved crash in Escambia County early Wednesday morning. It happened around 2:40 a.m. at the intersection of Beverly Parkway and W Street. A white van and an Escambia County deputy vehicle collided. The deputy was responding to a call for vehicle theft in progress with his emergency lights activated. “He was traveling east on Beverly Parkway in the outside lane,” Florida Highway Patrol

A deadly accident marked the beginning of 2024 in Palm Beach County, Florida, when an unidentified pedestrian met a tragic end. The incident occurred on New Year’s Day at 7:39 p.m. at 8000 N. Military Trail, near Palm Beach Gardens. A pedestrian, whose identity remains undisclosed, was struck and killed by a 2017 Honda Accord. Tragedy on New Year’s Day The 53-year-old female driver of the Honda Accord, Laura Li Cheung, was heading southbound on Military Trail. Without warning, the

Photo by: Ocala News Two drivers were hospitalized on Tuesday evening after their vehicles collided at an intersection in northeast Ocala. At around 6:10 p.m., several Marion County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the intersection of NE Jacksonville Road and NE 56th Street after receiving reports of an accident with rollover. Crews from MCFR’s Anthony Station arrived on scene at 6:18 p.m., and they quickly inspected the scene of the accident. Additional MCFR units also arrived at the intersection