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A 2-alarm fire shut down traffic to St. Armands Circle in Sarasota on Thursday. Sarasota County emergency crews were called to the 300 block of John Ringling Blvd. at around 11:40 a.m. No injuries were reported. Traffic is being diverted at North Washington Drive and North Adams Drive, but officials said that may change as additional units arrive. Drivers are asked to avoid the area.  Dealing with the aftermath of a fire accident can be overwhelming, but you don’t have

photo by: Iona McGregor Fire District An older man and a pet were rescued from a fire that ignited in a single-story duplex along Whiskey Creek Drive Thursday night. According to the Iona McGregor Fire District, a crew was in the area when the call came in. Crews noticed smoke coming from the unit when they arrived and received reports of a disabled, elderly man trapped in the bedroom near the front door. Firefighters found the victim approximately 10 feet inside

photo by: OCSO Highway 90 at Shoal River Bridge in Okaloosa County is closed both east and west Thursday morning following semi tractor trailer crashes. Pictures from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office show a semi crashed partially off the roadway with its back end in a ditch. In a follow-up Facebook post, the sheriff’s office says “stay home and off the roads if possible! Dangerous conditions exist on area roadways due to remaining snow, ice, water & freezing temps.” No

A fight in a gas station parking lot overnight sent one man to the hospital and another to the Manatee County jail. On Jan. 22, at 7:36 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at the Marathon gas station in the 2000 block of 14th St. W. Witnesses reported that a customer, later identified as PS, ran over another customer with his vehicle. Witnesses said S and the victim, who arrived separately, got into an argument inside the store and continued

More details surrounding the deadly train collision in Citra have been released. Early Sunday morning, Marion County sheriff’s deputies were alerted to an accident in which a train collided with a vehicle at a railroad crossing on Citra’s Northeast 175th Street Road. According to officials, the car broke down on the train tracks, and all three occupants exited the vehicle. Lynn Foley, 43, stayed on the tracks with the vehicle. A Southbound train began to approach the stopped vehicle and

 A child who was hit by a car while walking home from a school bus stop in Brooksville has passed away, according to officials. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a school bus dropped the child off near Eskimo Curlew Road and Osprey Avenue around 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday. The 11-year-old girl started walking along the edge of the unpaved and unmarked road edge when a passing Toyota Corolla, being driven by a 65-year-old woman, hit her. The girl was seriously

photo by: wfla A Spring Hill man died in a crash early Thursday morning. The crash happened on Sterling Hill Boulevard near Brightstone Place at 6:25 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 41-year-old driver lost control of his pickup truck at a curve in the roadway and entered the median, where the truck struck several trees. The driver died from his injuries at the site of the crash. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, it’s crucial

photo by WJXT News4JAX Three people were transported to a hospital in serious condition Thursday morning after a fire broke out in a vacant Northwest Jacksonville home, according to the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department (JFRD). The fire was first reported around 11 a.m. at a home on West 7th Street, JFRD said. The three individuals were in different rooms when the fire broke out, first responders told News4JAX. The individuals, who all suffered from smoke inhalation, were transported to UF Health,

A Miami man accused of stabbing two victims during separate altercations in Little Havana back in August has been arrested, police confirmed Thursday. The incidents occurred in the early hours of Aug. 10, 2024. Miami police said officers were first dispatched around 5:30 a.m. to the intersection of Northwest 19th Avenue and Northwest First Street, where they found a man with multiple stab wounds. Officers said they located the first victim near the southeast corner of the intersection, lying in

 Deputies have arrested a man who in 2022 was behind the wheel of a car that ran off the road after a street race in Orange County and struck two spectators, one of whom later died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. SE LR, 22, faces a charge of vehicular manslaughter in the death of the spectator. Troopers identified the spectator as a man who was 18 years old at the time of the crash, on April 20, 2022. According to

Photo by: DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office and fire crews are on the scene of a structure fire on Forrest Avenue in Arcadia. Pictures from the scene show what appears to be heavy smoke and severe damage to the home. According to DCSO, several crews are working to put out the fire. Crews said nobody was injured as a result of the fire. Traffic is not impacted at this time. Deputies are asking residents to avoid

Police arrest a Kissimmee man for beating a woman with a baseball bat, leaving a woman severely beaten and fighting for her life. Kissimmee police said the horrifying act of domestic violence unfolded at the Baymont Motel in Kissimmee on Sunday. Police responded to room 235 after reports of a violent altercation involving 31-year-old TR and a female friend. According to the arrest affidavit, R used a friend’s motel room to shower and grab food with the female. The affidavit