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Photo by: Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are investigating after a three-vehicle crash involving a school bus injured two drivers in Sarasota County Friday morning. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said around 7 a.m., a Ford Escape and Honda Civic collided at Beneva Road and Sarasota Square Boulevard. The collision caused the Civic to slide into the side of the school bus, which was stopped at the intersection. Two of the drivers suffered minor injuries, but none of the 15

Miami Police announced Friday morning that one person was arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in Miami. Police arrested 57-year-old GS after he struck a pedestrian that was attempting to cross the street. Just after 10p.m., Thursday, police were dispatched to Northwest 14th Avenue and 54th Street in reference to a traffic crash involving a pedestrian. “Pedestrian hit Northwest 14th Avenue and 54th Street,” was heard over the Broadcastify police scanner. According to police, a man was found lying

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper used deadly force during an altercation with a suspect early Friday in the emergency department of HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, police said. The Ocala Police Department said the trooper was called to the hospital around 2:50 a.m. because an Ocala police detail officer requested assistance. “A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a physical altercation with a suspect in custody, which resulted in FHP using deadly force,” Ocala police posted on Facebook. One person

Police said a man fatally stabbed his mother at a St. Petersburg home late Thursday night. The St. Petersburg Police Department said officers arrived at the home on 54th Terrace South just before midnight. Inside, they found BP, 53, dead with multiple stab wounds. Her son, RG, 24, was also inside with injuries to his hands from the attack. Police said G has mental health issues. He is currently at Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital for the injuries he received while

A 16-year-old is facing charges after a deadly shooting Thursday morning that forced Westside High School to temporarily go on lockdown. AR is charged with murder and robbery in the shooting at an apartment complex on Firestone Road, across from the high school. Officers were called around 7:40 a.m. to the complex because of a reported shooting. They found 31-year-old C Al N R suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. JSO said the officers’ quick response and

Credit: Florida Highway Patrol A driver of a semi-truck died Thursday morning after rear-ending another semi-truck on Interstate 10 East in Duval County, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan said in a video posted on X that at about 6 a.m., FHP received a call about the crash, which happened just east of where I-10 meets with Cecil Commerce Center Parkway. “One tractor trailer was traveling slow in the right lane of Interstate 10 eastbound due to

photo by: wtsp Winter Haven firefighters are battling a house fire early Friday morning.  According to police, fire crews were called just after 5 a.m. to a home on Silver Fox Drive SE after getting reports of a fire. When they arrived, crews said flames were coming through the roof of the home.  The family living there was reportedly able to get out safely, but they are now displaced because of the fire.  No other information has been released at

Lauderhill police are searching for the shooter who killed a woman Thursday night. According to police, officers responded to the 3400 block of Northwest Seventh Street at about 9 p.m. after receiving reports about a shooting. Police said officers found multiple shell casings at the scene. Broward Sheriff’s Office dispatch then advised officers that a woman suffering from gunshot wounds had driven herself to HCA Florida Plantation Emergency Hospital for treatment, however, she died shortly after arriving. Police said the

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is facing a new lawsuit. It comes after deputies used a Taser, creating a large fireball at a gas station. The man badly burned in the fire is now seeking compensation for his injuries. The incident happened in February of 2022 during a police pursuit from Kissimmee that ended at a Wawa gas station at JY and Central Florida parkways in Orange County. JB’s attorneys filed a civil suit on Wednesday, alleging negligence as he

photo by WKMG Two children died after a fire broke out early Friday at a Palm Bay condo complex, where one unit was fully engulfed in flames, according to firefighters. Firefighters responded just before 1 a.m. to Country Gardens condominiums, located along Sunny Brook Lane off Babcock Street. John Ringleb, assistant fire chief with the Palm Bay Fire Rescue, said they received a 911 call that a family was trapped inside a unit when the fire broke out. Ringleb said

photo by: (WCJB) Firefighters put out a structure fire in Gainesville Thursday night. According to Gainesville Fire Rescue, firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1724 Southeast 2nd Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. Crews arrived and saw visible flames and heavy smoke. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before it spread to nearby buildings. GFR officials say the building was abandoned. There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. At Ovadia Law Group,

photo by: (Hillsborough County Fire Rescue) A man was arrested after striking an arson investigator during a house fire in Seffner, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced. HCFR responded to a call of a structure fire at 5:59 a.m. on Friday at 1018 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to HCSO, an arson investigator arrived to determine the source of the fire when the suspect, Maurice Walker, who lives at the residence, struck the investigator in the back with