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Photo by: cbs12news Martin County deputies are reminding drivers to pay attention to the road after an SUV crashed into a pile of concrete. The crash happened on N.W. Federal Highway and N.W. Windermere Drive in Jensen Beach, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) says. Deputies say the vehicle failed to yield to incoming traffic, made a U-turn and it landed on top of a pile of concrete. The driver sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital. “After

Photo by: Click Orlando One person was injured Tuesday morning in a three-vehicle wreck near Lake Mary Elementary School, officials said. The crash happened on West Lake Mary Boulevard at North 5th Street, about a block west of the school. Lake Mary fire officials said the victim, described only as an adult, was taken to a hospital after the wreck, which blocked all lanes of traffic in the area. Video from Sky 6 showed two cars and pickup truck in

Photo by: fox13news Residents in a St. Petersburg neighborhood got a terrifying wakeup call Tuesday morning. They said a car sped down their street, 85th Avenue North, at more than 100 miles per hour around 6:15 a.m. Domenic Capobianco and his daughter were in their driveway getting ready to go to work and school. “She [Capobianco’s daughter] was standing on the passenger side getting ready to get in the car when we heard the acceleration coming down the road,” Capobianco said. “Then,

A motorcyclist died at a local hospital after a crash in Leesburg. A 56-year-old Umatilla man was riding the 2002 Kawasaki motorcycle at 11:51 a.m. Tuesday westbound on County Road 452 approaching Sandpiper Drive in Leesburg, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. A 91-year-old Apopka man in a 2013 Hyundai Sonata was eastbound on County Road 452 and made a left turn in front of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist could not stop in time and a collision

Photo by: Ocala News A semi-truck carrying hazardous materials overturned on Interstate 75 in Marion County on Tuesday morning, causing delays for southbound motorists. Shortly before 11:25 a.m., Marion County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to I-75 southbound, near mile marker 355, after receiving reports of a semi-truck rolling over in the area, according to MCFR. Multiple individuals had called 911 to report that the semi and another vehicle had rolled over on the shoulder of the interstate. Marion County

Photo by: wfla Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in South Tampa early Monday. Tampa Fire Rescue said flames were shooting through the roof of a home near West Platt Street and South Gomez Street around 3:15 a.m. Crews said 75 percent of the house was involved in the fire and it took them 45 minutes to get it under control. Firefighters said no one was inside the home. No firefighters were hurt while battling the flames. Firefighters believe the

Photo by: wfla Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said two people were hurt after a fire tore through a Riverview house early Monday. Crews said they were called to a house fire on Wild Ginger Street just after 6 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they said they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the back of the house. Firefighters said they were able to extinguish the flames within 15 minutes after they brought the firehose into the home. Two adults were

 A bicyclist was struck by a car in Tarpon Springs on Monday and later died from his injuries, according to police. According to the Tarpon Springs Police Department, authorities responded to reports of a vehicle crash at Martin Luther King Dr. and North Ave. at around 2:15 p.m. on Monday. The crash involved a bicyclist and a westbound vehicle driven by a 66-year-old man, according to police. The bicyclist was taken to Advent Health North Pinellas where he died from his injuries.

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at approximately 6:58 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 3900 block of Pipkin Road for a traffic crash involving a bicyclist. At the scene, officers located an unresponsive male who had been struck by a Schools of McKeel Academy school bus. The Lakeland Police Department, Polk County Fire Rescue, and the Lakeland Fire Department all arrived to begin life-saving measures. The male was transported to Lakeland Regional Health where despite the best efforts of medical

A 50-year-old Steinhatchee man was critically injured Monday morning when the dump truck he was driving overturned in Dixie County. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the man was driving a 2007 Mack dump truck loaded with lime rock south on NE 538th Street at 9:15 a.m. when the truck traveled off the roadway onto the right shoulder. The driver attempted to steer the truck back onto the pavement, but the vehicle overturned onto its left side in the

Three months after Jason and Shawnee Penkacik lost their 12-year-old son Brighton in a pedestrian accident on Jacksonville’s Westside, tragedy has struck the family again.  In a social media post on Friday morning, Jason Penkacik announced that another son, 25-year-old Dalton Penkacik, was killed while walking to work in an overnight hit-and-run accident just 2.5 miles from where his younger brother died just weeks ago.  At about 1:15 a.m. Friday, a Jacksonville police officer an route to another call for service discovered

Phot by: the 904 now  At 6:16pm SJSO deputies were dispatched to the area of North Volusia Street and West King Street in reference to a hit and run incident involving a 6-year-old child who was struck by a vehicle. The child was rushed to the hospital, and tragically was pronounced deceased. The SJSO Traffic Unit has initiated a Traffic Homicide Investigation. The suspect vehicle has not been located at this time; no description is available. This is an active