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Photo by: (FDOT) A multi-vehicle crash on Florida’s Turnpike has stopped southbound traffic for miles on Thursday afternoon. According to Florida 511, the crash occurred at mile marker 91, near the Lake Worth Road exit. As of 3:07 p.m., the left lane is blocked causing traffic to back up to mile marker 96, near the Southern Boulevard exit. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is reported to be at the scene. This is a developing story. Protecting Your Rights in Car

 Gulfport police are investigating after a juvenile was hit by a vehicle at the entrance to Boca Ciega High school on Thursday morning. According to police, the driver was turning at the entrance to the school as the victim was crossing on a bicycle. The bicyclist, whose exact age was not released, suffered minor injuries, police said. Expert Legal Support After a Bicycle Accident Bicycle accidents can result in severe injuries and complicated legal battles. Ovadia Law Group is dedicated to

A student pilot walked away from a plane crash near Ruskin on Thursday morning.  Few details have been released, but the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirmed its aviation section and marine unit are at 3300 West Shell Point after a plane went down on Thursday morning.  HSCO said the student pilot, the only person on the plane, was not injured in the crash.  This is a developing story.  Comprehensive Support in Plane Accident Cases At Ovadia Law Group, we provide compassionate and

An Orange County grand Jury formally indicted 18-year-old Tenaje Johnson on charges of first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted robbery with a firearm, shooting at, within, or into an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a minor. On July 14, 2024, the Orlando Police Department responded to a shooting on the 1300 block of Lawne Boulevard and found Christopher Dumesle, 19, slumped over in a vehicle after suffering a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on the scene

Photo by: Fort Walton Beach Fire Department A man was hospitalized after crashing his vehicle into a building in Fort Walton Beach early Thursday morning. It happened just after 3 a.m. at 258 Eglin Pkwy. Upon arrival, Fort Walton Beach police and fire found a crashed vehicle partially inside the building with a man trapped inside the vehicle. The man — who the fire department says was unresponsive with agonal breathing — was removed the vehicle and transported to the

 A man who was shot Thursday morning at an apartment complex in Miramar has died, authorities confirmed. The shooting was reported inside the gated Avalon Miramar Park Place apartment complex, located along the 11300 block of Southwest 30th Court. “It happened around 7 in the morning,” a man named Tico, who lives at the complex, said. “My alarm goes off at 7, so I called the police around 7:05, and it was just one shot — one single shot.” Miramar

Photo By Matt Papaycik A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Okeechobee County on Thursday morning, the sheriff’s office said. In a Facebook post just after 10 a.m., the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office said it “received a report of a small aircraft making an emergency landing in a remote northwestern section of Okeechobee County.” The sheriff’s office said two people were on the plane, but were not hurt. It’s unclear why the aircraft had to make an

A confrontation took a sharp turn in Lauderhill after, police said, a woman pulled out a knife to fend off a would-be thief. The man suspected of trying to steal the woman’s purse was hospitalized after being stabbed during the ordeal. The woman, Robinette Varnidae, said she was leaving an area ATM, at around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, when she first noticed a suspicious man was following her home. “He see me coming from the ATM, so he tried to

An encounter with an “irate” man at a Pompano Beach gas station Thursday morning ended with two deputies hospitalized including one whose ear was bitten, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. at the RaceTrac gas station at 599 W. Atlantic Boulevard when deputies responded to a disturbance call, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. The deputies found the man who “became irate and attacked two deputies,” BSO officials said in a statement. The man was eventually taken into

The mother of a Florida woman who killed herself while being treated by a Scientologist doctor is accusing him of misdiagnosing her daughter with terminal cancer and other ailments instead of providing her with psychiatric care, which the Church of Scientology opposes. Leila Mills, whose 40-year-old daughter Whitney Mills died by suicide in 2022, last month amended an earlier wrongful death lawsuit against various Scientology organizations to include Dr. David Minkoff and his alternative health clinic. According to the suit,

Photo by:  News4JAX A man was shot and killed early Thursday inside a business on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said they responded at 2 a.m. to Edgewood Avenue North, near West Beaver Street, after getting reports of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found a man inside a business suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man died at the scene, JSO said. According to JSO, early investigation shows that two masked and armed individuals entered

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash on State Road 9B at E Town Parkway Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP, the 23-year-old motorcyclist from St. Marys was traveling southbound on SR 9B behind an SUV. Troopers said the man riding the motorcycle crashed into the back of the SUV. He was transported to a hospital with critical injuries, according to the FHP report. The 40-year-old woman driving the SUV was not injured. All