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Photo by: fox4now A vehicle fire causes a garage to erupt in flames. The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District (LAFCRD) says the fire involved two vehicles. Investigators say the cause of the fire was probably electrical in the driver’s compartment of the vehicle inside the garage. According to LAFCRD, no injuries have been reported and the Red Cross is assisting with the displaced family. Facing the aftermath of a fire accident can be overwhelming. At Ovadia Law Group,

Photo by: wjcb Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a crash in Starke. Bradford County Fire Rescue crews say the crash happened on NE State Road 16 and NE 12th Avenue around 2 p.m. Crews say the crash involved multiple vehicles, and one person was taken to the hospital. Only one lane is open at this time in State Road 16 as first responders work to clear the scene. Seeking assistance after a car accident? Ovadia Law Group offers the

Two pedestrians were hit while crossing the street at Winter Park Village on Sunday evening, according to police.  The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on Sunday. A spokesperson for the Winter Park Police Department told FOX 35 that the driver did not see the pedestrians in the blind spot while turning from a stop sign.  Both pedestrians were transported to a local hospital for treatment. One is in critical but stable condition, while the other is in stable condition,

Photo by: thenewstribune An annoyed wife intent on confronting her husband resorted to driving into the building when he refused to come out, according to investigators in southwest Florida. It happened just after 2 a.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the corporate office of Iguana Mia, a Mexican restaurant chain, in Fort Myers, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Deputies arrived to find a 43-year-old woman sitting in the driver’s seat of a GMC SUV “with major

Photo by: nbc miami Two separate crashes along the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade caused heavy traffic delays Tuesday morning. One crash occurred along the southbound express lanes of the Palmetto Expressway at Northwest 103rd Street, causing both express lanes to close. And another crash on the Palmetto northbound also caused delays at Northwest 103rd Street. That scene was later cleared. Drivers were urged to seek alternate routes. This is a developing story. Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident?

Photo by: cbs news miami We’re following breaking news tonight out of Pembroke Pines. Seven people rushed to the hospital, including three firefighters, after a crash. It happened at the intersection of Pembroke and Flamingo Roads. And BFR says several vehicles were involved in the crash. They say one of the vehicles crashed into a rescue vehicle, pushing that rescue vehicle into standstill traffic. Three people were taken to trauma units, including two of the injured firefighters. When it comes

A high-speed chase in the Florida Keys Sunday morning narrowly avoided becoming a tragedy as the woman barreling up U.S. 1 in an SUV passed hundreds of runners competing in a half marathon on the side of the two-lane highway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. As 41-year-old Courtney West Epps sped past the runners in her Chevrolet Suburban SUV, bits of tires flew off the wheels’ rims because Monroe County sheriff’s deputies laid down spikes about 10 miles south. She drove through the spikes, refusing to stop for

Photo by: yahoo A state report is shedding more light on the death of a garbage truck driver at the Riverview landfill on Dec. 7. The accident claimed the life of a 54-year-old driver for Priority Waste at the Riverview Land Preserve, according to a new Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration release on Monday. Preliminary details of the report say that the victim was parked and dumping refuse when a second truck dumping trash alongside, tipped over onto the first truck

A tragic crash in Wakulla County on Sunday, December 10, resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Panacea man. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that the accident occurred near US 319 and Woodland Dr. The Panacea man was driving southbound on US 319 in a sedan. At the same time, a 52-year-old woman from Elk River, Minnesota, was driving a van northbound. The sedan crossed the center line after a curve and was “t-boned” by the van, with both vehicles

The driver who plowed into a North Crystal Lake Drive home in June — killing a 24-year-old soccer player — didn’t apply the brakes or try to avoid the crash. Instead, in the five seconds before impact, he accelerated from 42 to 52 miles an hour, Lakeland Police said Monday. Alexander Dalton Collins, 28, was arrested Thursday at a home on Crystal Grove Drive, less than a mile from the crash scene. He was charged with vehicular homicide and driving

A pedestrian was hit by a car in Ocala. Ocala Police officials say the crash happened in the 5100 block of west State Road 40. All east and westbound lanes on west State Road 40 at Southwest 52nd Avenue were closed due to the crash. They are asking anyone traveling to avoid this area and seek an alternate route. The pedestrian was trauma-alerted to a hospital. After a pedestrian accident, securing the right guidance is crucial. Ovadia Law Group offers

A story of tragedy and survival out of Walton County.   Brian Langley and a passenger died in a car crash off HWY 285 on Nov. 9 just South of Mossy Head. Brian’s dog, four-year-old Pitbull Taz was ejected from the car and first responders presumed him to be lost or dead.  That next day, a dog was reportedly hit by a car just miles from the initial crash site. Animal Control Officers and police crews went into the woods to