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Photo by: WEAR A school bus with 70 children onboard crashed into a ditch Wednesday afternoon in Escambia County. It happened around 3:15 p.m. by the Moorings Apartments on Old Spanish Trail Road. The bus was carrying students from Ferry Pass Elementary. Florida Highway Patrol and EMS ambulances were called to the scene. The school district tells WEAR News that when the bus driver turned into the Moorings Apartment complex, the passenger rear wheel went into the ditch. The bus

Photo by: (FDOT) A major crash with injuries on Thursday morning is slowing down morning traffic on the southbound Turnpike in Fort Pierce. Florida 511 reported a crash at 5:21 a.m. just before Mile Marker 158 on the southbound Turnpike. Officials have reported that the crash has been cleared. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash involved injuries. Holding Negligent Drivers Accountable in Car AccidentsNegligent drivers cause countless car accidents, often leaving victims to bear the consequences. At Ovadia

photo by: (WPLG) Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire that erupted Thursday morning inside a home in Hialeah. Sky 10 was above the home in the 2000 block of East 34th Terrace just before 6:30 a.m. as multiple fire rescue units were at the scene. The fire appeared to be mostly out, but there was significant damage to the side of the property. No details about the fire were immediately released by fire rescue. Comprehensive Legal Support After Fire

A convicted felon who was just released from prison may be headed back to the slammer after Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputies said he bludgeoned, robbed and then carjacked a disabled man. According to investigators, the 63-year-old victim was at a home on North Prince Drive in Yulee to watch a football game, when a man he didn’t know was later identified as O S, 35, entered the home and told everyone inside that he had just been released from

photo by: WJXT News4JAX A man was found shot to death Wednesday inside his home in the Deercreek area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Multiple sources told News4JAX that this was a case of a son who shot and killed his father, and around 8:45 p.m., JSO identified the suspect in the case as G C B Jr., 27, and the victim as G C B Sr., 69. According to JSO, officers were called to a home on Fawn

Cape Coral police are investigating after a major crash ripped the roof off of a car in Cape Coral late Wednesday evening. The crash happened on Pine Island Road, off Nicholas Parkway, just after 11 p.m. Police said it was a single-vehicle crash in which the car left the roadway and rolled several times. CCPD said the driver was ejected from the car. The driver was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital where officer said it was determined that the injuries

Miami-Dade police responded to the scene of several vehicle accidents Wednesday, which they say were the result of a “criminal investigation.” Police confirmed that the vehicle accidents occurred in the area of Southwest 41st Street and 72nd Avenue and later disclosed there was a police pursuit. According to Detective A M, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the suspect who was trying to get away was K P P. The convicted felon was wanted for extortion and stalking. Records

A chaotic election night in Miami took a violent turn when a verbal altercation in a parking lot escalated into gunfire, leaving three women hospitalized and a suspect in custody, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Miami police said the shooting stemmed from a dispute over the election while the group was socializing outside a business near the 500 block of Northwest 19th Street in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood. Miami police said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after midnight on Nov.

A victim has been identified in connection with a deadly crash on Alligator Alley Tuesday afternoon. According to Florida Highway Patrol, at 10:53 a.m., a fatal crash occurred when a minivan collided with two workers who were laying sod on northbound I-75 at mile marker 72. FHP said one of the workers, Juan Garcia, 39, was struck and killed while the other worker, Ahmed Munoz, 43, was hit by debris, which caused minor injuries. The driver, Darian Camacho, 37, said

A 24-year-old woman died after crashing into the back of a semi tractor-trailer in Bartow around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced. According to PCSO, the woman appeared to be driving south on US Highway 17 in a 2013 Honda CRV when she approached the intersection at Ernest Smith Boulevard, which had a red light. She then crashed into the back of a 2019 Freightliner semi-truck with an empty trailer that was stopped for the red light.

A man from Missouri is accused of leading a reckless chase through South Florida, during which he collided with two law enforcement vehicles and another car. The chase began on Tuesday when the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) alerted local agencies that a fleeing Dodge van was linked to an armed carjacking in Pompano Beach. At around 1:30 PM, an officer from the Highlands Beach Police Department (HBPD) reported that they spotted the stolen van, later discovered to be driven by

Photo by WJXT News4JAX All lanes have reopened on Interstate 295 northbound at Normandy Boulevard after an overturned logging truck shut down the road for hours Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver lost control of the semi and rolled over due to a possible mechanical failure. No injuries were reported and no other vehicles were involved in the incident, according to FHP. All lanes reopened shortly after 1 p.m. News4JAX reached