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A driver is recovering after a crash involving a tractor-trailer early Sunday morning in Hillsborough County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, an 18-year-old driving a Kia Optima was traveling southbound on I-75 at 4:39 a.m. The teenager attempted to pass a tractor-trailer in the outside lane near milepost 241 when he lost control of the car, which then spun and hit the tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer stopped along the emergency shoulder of the interstate, and the Kia stopped in the

Photo: Florida Highway Patrol The Florida Highway Patrol said five children and one adult were hospitalized after a reckless driver crashed while “showing off” in Highlands County. The crash happened on SW Rucks Dairy Road at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The driver, 19-year-old Robert Oyd Lee Vanegas, of Port St. Lucie, admitted to state troopers that he was “showing off,” when he lost control of the Ford Escape, FHP said. Traveling at high speeds, the Ford flew off the

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said at least one person is dead after a small, two-engine plane crashed in a Wesley Chapel neighborhood. The crash happened at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday in the Grand Oaks subdivision on Aldus Drive. The plane caught fire after crashing, but Pasco County Fire Rescue said the blaze had been extinguished by around 9:30 a.m. At least one nearby home sustained damage in the crash and subsequent fire, PCFR said. According to the Federal

A Tallahassee woman died early Sunday after losing control of her vehicle on Interstate 10 in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 2:08 a.m. near mile marker 338, east of County Road 228. FHP says the woman was driving eastbound in the outside lane when she lost control of her sedan, which ran off the roadway to the right and struck multiple trees before coming to rest on its side. Two passengers were

Fort Myers police are currently on scene of a motorcycle versus vehicle crash involving injuries. Eastbound and westbound lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Michigan Avenue are shut down for an undetermined amount of time. If you’re driving in the area, you’re being asked to find another route and can expect delays in the area. FMPD says one person has serious injuries and has been transported as a trauma alert to a local hospital. You can count on

Photo: Gulf Coast News A fire destroyed a car at an apartment complex in Fort Myers. It happened at the V2 Apartments near Colonial Boulevard and Winkler Avenue at around 8 p.m. Saturday. According to Fort Myers Fire Battalion Chief Bryan Alexander, the driver was behind the wheel when he noticed flames coming from inside the glove compartment. “He noticed some flames coming down from the glove compartment box, so he pulled over real quick, and his car caught on

A motorcyclist and an SUV passenger were killed in a crash at Imperial Parkway and East Terry Street in Bonita Springs late Sunday after an SUV turned in front of the motorcycle. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the motorcycle was heading north on Imperial Parkway at a high rate of speed at 10:23 p.m. At the same time, an SUV approached the intersection heading south in a left-turn lane. Both drivers had a green traffic signal at the time.

A major crash has shut down all of the northbound lanes on SR-429 in Winter Garden. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 8:45 on Friday morning at the Avalon Road exit. All of the northbound lanes were blocked but FHP reopened one lane around 9:30. Drivers can use Avalon Road, Seidel Road, and Summerlake Park Boulevard as detours while there are back ups in the area. The southbound lanes are not impacted by the crash. FHP

A major crash has injured at least one person on Toledo Blade Blvd Friday morning. Live FDOT cameras show multiple vehicles involved, one of those vehicles a semi with flatbed, is across the northbound lanes of Toledo Blade Blvd. Northbound Toledo Blade is closed at the ramps to I-75. Traffic is able to get on and off the interstate, but through traffic can not pass on Toledo Blade Blvd. Morning commuters should plan for delays or consider using Sumter Blvd

Photo: BCSO Sheriff’s deputies launched an investigation into a pickup truck versus train crash in Bradford County on Thursday that injured one person. Bradford County Sheriff’s deputies say a CSX train collided with a vehicle on Northeast 179th Street, north of the fairgrounds. The driver of the truck was flown to UF Health Shands Hospital for treatment of traumatic injuries. All traffic on the roadway was blocked as deputies conducted the investigation. Members of the public were asked to avoid

A woman is heard asking for help after she was assaulted by a man who authorities said exposed himself in Weston in a new 911 call from the moments after the frightening attack that was caught on camera. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on April 8 near the 16500 block of Golf Club Road, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. In the new 911 call released Thursday, the woman is heard speaking through a Spanish translator to describe what had just

A 76-year-old disabled Army veteran is speaking out after he says he was attacked inside a Golden Corral restaurant in Hialeah and claims police have yet to make progress in the case.  Surveillance video captured the incident, which occurred last month, showing the elderly man being shoved and thrown to the ground by two younger men. The victim, identified as Al Hernandez, says he suffered injuries to his arm and back during the encounter. “I am 76 years old, and