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Photo by: wsvn A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy was taken to the hospital following an overnight hit-and-run near an adult entertainment club in West Park, leading authorities to make an arrest. BSO units responded to the scene of the crash along Hallandale Beach Boulevard, near Southwest 58th Avenue, just after 3 a.m. on Monday. “This accident is going to be an officer-involved [crash]. He’s going to be transported with some minor injuries,” a first responder told a dispatcher in radio

A 21-year-old man died Monday morning after he was hit on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 37-year-old man was driving a truck tractor north on Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy around 9 a.m. As the driver approached the signal traffic controlled intersection of Fairfax Street, the report said the 21-year-old stepped out in front of the truck’s path and was fatally hit. The report said the truck driver was uninjured. How Ovadia Law

Photo by: (John Pantoja) Two people are hospitalized after a car crashed into a Whataburger in Tallahassee and a DUI arrest was also made, per the Tallahassee Police Department Watch Commander. The crash happened at about 2:54 a.m. Saturday at the Whataburger located at 1701 West Tennessee Street and involved two vehicles, per TPD. One of those vehicles crashed into the fast-food chain but it is unknown how the second vehicle was involved. TPD said a “patron inside the business”

 A man died Sunday night after the side-by-side he was riding in hit an SUV on Fort Caroline Road and flipped, ejecting all six adults, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. JSO Sgt. Rob Hungerford with the Traffic Homicide Unit said the crash was reported around 10 p.m. Sunday on Fort Caroline Road at Eveross Road, less than a half-mile northwest of I-295. Hungerford said the four men and two women, who were riding westbound on Fort Caroline Road in the

A 14-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in Fort Myers on Sunday. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, the boy shot himself after an accidental discharge of a firearm. FMPD confirmed that the Florida Department of Children and Families is investigating the incident, as it is not known at this time how the 14-year-old came to be in possession of the gun. FMPD said the boy sustained non-life-threatening injuries. This is a developing story

 A 47-year-old man from Lakeland was killed early Sunday morning after being hit by a car on I-75 North near mile marker 432, according to a release by FHP. The driver of the car, a 17-year-old girl from Madison, Florida, was traveling North on I-75 when she ran into the victim. According to FHP, the man was lying on the road. Being hit by a vehicle as a pedestrian is a traumatic experience that can result in long-term injuries and

Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Walton County Fire Rescue are on the scene of a traffic crash. According to authorities, the crash involves multiple vehicles near mile marker 86 on Interstate 10, approximately one mile east of the DeFuniak Springs exit. The eastbound and westbound lanes are completely shut down. The Florida Highway Patrol is en route. Officials confirmed one fatality. Motorists should expect significant delays for an extended period. Drivers are being directed to use U.S Highway

A fire damaged a two-story home on 18th Street West Sunday afternoon, displacing several residents. The Bradenton Fire Department responded to the blaze, which charred the top half of the home. Firefighters were able extinguish the flames and there were no reported injuries. Battalion Chief of Bradenton Fire Rescue Jeffery Bruski said several residents were displaced from the home. The Red Cross is helping them find temporary housing. When a fire accident occurs, victims often deal with traumatic injuries, smoke

A 69-year-old Palm Coast man riding an e-bike in Flagler County was killed in a crash with a sedan Friday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 6:47 p.m. on Palm Coast Parkway, at its intersection with Diandra Throughway, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the man was riding the e-bike south and crossing through the intersection while a sedan and an SUV were traveling west on Palm Coast Parkway. The man failed to

A man was struck and killed Sunday night while crossing a road in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 8:35 a.m. on County Road 484 at SE 47th Avenue. The FHP said a 47-year-old Ocklawaha woman was driving east on C.R. 484 and “was not able to see” the man, who was walking north across the eastbound lanes. The woman’s car struck the man, who was taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, where he died, according

Photo by: (MCSO) Martin County deputies plunged into a canal Sunday afternoon in a desperate race to save three children and an adult in a mangled, overturned Jeep. According to deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Department, the call came in at 3:08 p.m. at the intersection of SQ Minute Maid Road and SW Allapattah Road. Upon arrival, crews say they located a Jeep overturned and partially submerged in a ditch. In a race against time, MCSO deputies jumped into

A pedestrian has died after he was struck by a van on U.S. Highway 27 in Leesburg Friday evening, according to the Leesburg Police Department. According to the report, a white 2016 van traveling southbound on U.S. 27 struck Michael Anthony, 53, of Leesburg, who was crossing the roadway. Next of kin has been notified. The van driver has been identified as Ryan Surjan, 50, of Orlando. Anthony sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving