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A 23-year-old Florida man died in a hit-and-run crash just days after he gave a heartwarming speech as best man at his father’s wedding.  Andrew Sofranko was crossing South Harbor City Boulevard when an unknown driver hit him and drove away early in the morning on December 25.  Andrew later succumbed to injuries and died at the Holmes Regional Medical Center.  The Melbourne Police Department are still investigating the cause of the accident and whether any alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident. No suspect

Photo by: msn A Ford F-150 crashed into a Palm Harbor hair salon on Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 3:47 p.m. in the parking lot of 683 Alderman Road, officials said. While maneuvering in the lot, the driver, a 76-year-old Tarpon Springs man, accidentally accelerated and lost control of the vehicle, according to FHP. He traveled forward and hit a building with a gym and a hair salon. The driver was removed from the

Photo by: mysuncoast A dump truck and a car collided on I-75 northbound lanes, causing backups. Rescue vehicles are on scene of the crash at mile marker 192 and Jackson Roads in Sarasota County. Two lanes of traffic are blocked with only one lane of traffic moving in the northbound lanes. Avoid that area if possible. Coping with a car accident is challenging, but you don’t have to face it alone. Ovadia Law Group offers compassionate and expert legal assistance

A vehicle was overturned, and a man was ejected from it after a two-vehicle accident in Bay County, according to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Florida Highway Patrol says it happened at 5: 12 p.m. on State Road 75 and South Campflowers Road. Two vehicles, a sedan and a pickup truck, were both in the right lane on State Road 75. The driver of pickup truck was slowing down and making a turn when the sedan didn’t slow down and then

Two people were seriously injured Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash in Brevard County, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on US-1 and Ansin Road. According to troopers, the crash involved a 2011 Ford F-350 that was hauling a 2007 Volvo semi and a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle. The driver of the Ford ran off, according to witnesses, and was last seen heading west on Ansin Road, FHP said. The rider and passenger on the motorcycle

An overturned tractor-trailer shut down County Road 12 on Tuesday for more than two hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to investigators, “the driver of the tractor-trailer ran off the roadway and subsequently overturned, blocking both lanes,” an FHP incident report said. The driver wasn’t injured, and local agencies helped FHP clear the road. This is now the third vehicle to overturn in a crash in the last few days. Also Tuesday, Tallahassee Fire engine overturned on Meridian Road while

A pedestrian is dead after the Florida Highway Patrol said they were standing in the middle of a busy Clay County road Tuesday night and were hit by three different vehicles. According to FHP, the pedestrian was standing in the southbound travel lanes on U.S. 301, just north of CR-125. It’s unclear why the man was standing on the highway. A sports utility vehicle hit the man first. Then a semitruck also traveling south collided with the man. FHP said

A 20-year-old woman was killed Christmas Eve, after losing control of an UTV. The crash took place on Myakka Valley Trail near Sheps Island Road in Myakka, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Another crash victim, a 19-year-old boy, sustained minor injuries. A former Myakka resident who lost his son to an offroad vehicle crash in 2004, spoke with ABC7 about the struggles of overcoming such a loss. “I lived in Myakka for 37 years and moved out of there a

Early Christmas morning, approximately at 7:53 a.m., Fort Pierce Police officers responded to the intersection of South U.S. Highway 1 and Palm Avenue in reference to a single-vehicle crash. The spokesperson for the police department in Fort Pierce says the preliminary investigation revealed a 27-year-old Fort Pierce woman was traveling northbound in the 2800 block of South U.S Highway 1 when her gray Honda sedan struck the median, traveled across all southbound lanes and struck two trees before coming to

A 71-year-old woman died on Christmas when she was involved in a head-on crash in Cherokee County. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Vickie Walker, of Panama City Beach, Florida, was driving down Cumming Hwy. around 1:45 p.m. on Christmas Day. Deputies say a Toyota Tacoma being driven by a 17-year-old boy crossed the center line of the highway near Hwy. 369 and crashed into Walker’s Lexus. Walker was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital where she later died of

Photo by: msn A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday morning in Miami, police said. Miami Police responded at around 1 a.m. to the 2300 block of Northwest 14th Street. Before the crash, witnesses told police the pedestrian appeared to have been undergoing a mental health crisis and was acting erratically in the middle of the street. The pedestrian then sat in the middle of the road while oncoming traffic was approaching, police said. He was later

Photo by: msn Florida’s Turnpike was the scene of two major accidents Saturday that shut down a portion of the highway in Palm Beach County for much of the day. Early in the morning, a tractor-trailer driver was rescued from his cabin as the truck dangled over the side of a turnpike bridge at Beeline Highway. The driver was able to walk away without injuries. And then early in the afternoon, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue units were again dispatched to respond