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Photo by: mypanhandle The Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash involving a tractor-trailer and vehicle on Friday. According to a news release, the incident happened at Latitude Margaritaville near the intersection of State Road 79 and SR 388, just after 7 a.m. Troopers said a 62-year-old woman from Daleville Alabama driving an SUV made a left on SR 388 from SR 79 and a 46-year-old man from Pace Florida driving a tractor-trailer was traveling south in the outside lane

A Marion County deputy was arrested Thursday after accidentally shooting his girlfriend in the head, according to the Ocala Police Department. Leslie Boileau, 32, called police to report that he accidentally shot his girlfriend while the two were cleaning firearms, according to an arrest affidavit. The two had just returned from dinner when Boileau told officers that his girlfriend had asked him to show her how to use a pistol rifle when “they were pointing them (guns) at each other”

A man is dead after a possible homicide on Friday morning in Escambia County. Deputies were called to the 8300 block of Country Walk Drive in Ferry Pass around 7 a.m. for a deceased man. According to deputies, people were leaving for work when they discovered a man lying dead between two buildings from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Investigators from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office as well as the State Attorney’s Office are at the scene. Being

Florida Highway Patrol officials responded to a fatal crash on Thursday night. The incident happened just after 10:30 p.m, near Hatcher Road on Highway 77. According to FHP officials, a 54-year-old Chipley man was riding his bike Northbound on State Road 77 in the outside lane. Troopers said a 27-year-old Panama City man was driving in the same direction when it collided with the bike. As a result, the bike and the rider were thrown onto the shoulder of the

 A 20-year-old Keiser University student died after he was pulled from a campus pool in West Palm Beach on Sunday, police said. Just after noon, police said they received a 911 call saying there was a person at the bottom of a pool located at 2331 Northwood University Drive. Police said the 911 operator gave instructions to remove the victim from the water and begin CPR. Campus security responded to the scene and also continued resuscitation efforts until paramedics with

A man is facing felony charges after crashing into a pickup truck while street racing, killing an innocent driver, according to St. Petersburg police. SPPD said Charles Williams IV, 22, was racing his Infiniti Q60 in a designated bus lane on Sept. 11 when he crashed into a Ford Ranger at 1st Avenue South at 51st Street South. Corey Koeppen, 52, was thrown from the Ranger and died at the scene, police said. Williams went to the hospital with serious injuries, according to

An Ormond Beach man has been arrested, accused of slashing a 17-year-old’s face with a knife on Wednesday night. RJ Phifer, 34, was placed in custody near the scene of the incident on Sunny Palm Drive. He has been charged with aggravated child abuse. Body camera footage shows the moment a deputy approached him. During the encounter, an item was seemingly dropped from his hand. According to the responding deputy, it was a knife. “He had it on him. He

Photo by: (WPLG)  The driver of a tanker truck ran over a cyclist on Fort Lauderdale Beach Friday morning, killing him or her, according to police. The crash happened along Seabreeze Boulevard, just south of East Las Olas Boulevard. Fort Lauderdale police said the cyclist, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. Video from Sky 10 shows a yellow tarp covering the cyclist’s body underneath one of the truck’s rear wheels. The tanker truck bears

Two men and one woman are dead after a three-vehicle crash overnight in Escambia County on Friday, according to FHP. Troopers say a 42-year-old Pensacola woman stopped her sedan at a stop sign on Clearwater Avenue. She turned left onto Michigan Avenue directly in front of two motorcycles driven by a22-year-old Pensacola man and a 24-year-old Pace man traveling westbound on Michigan Avenue. Both motorcycles collided with the left side of the woman’s sedan, according to FHP. Troopers say both

Miami police have made an arrest in connection to a fatal shooting that happened earlier this year. It happened on April 20 outside of an apartment building located at 365 NW Eighth St. in the city’s Overtown neighborhood. Authorities arrested alleged gunman Alkeharey James Albert, 19, this week for the shooting. According to police, officers responded to the scene and found a man inside a car who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a hospital where he

More than a month after a tragic crash that killed nine members of a Connecticut family in Palm Beach County, tragedy struck the family once again. “I’m numb. I’m numb most of the time. People talk to me, I can’t focus,” Antianette Edwards said. The last six weeks have been some of the most painful times of her life. “This one is a shock. And the family is like, their heart can’t take it,” Antianette said. On Aug. 5, nine of her

Crews were working to put out a warehouse on fire in Southwest Miami-Dade County early Friday.  The scene is at SW 40th Street and SW 75th Avenue, near Tropical Park. The building on fire appeared to be a warehouse. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said the fire is under investigation, and no one has been taken to the hospital. A production and lighting company told NBC6’s Chernéy Ahmara that theirs is one of four businesses that uses the warehouse. They said they