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The Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash in Jackson County on Sunday. According to a news release, the crash happened at about 2:44 p.m on Highway 231 and Barber Road. Troopers said a 79-year-old man from Cottondale driving a sedan was at a stop sign on Barber Road at the intersection of US 231. A 25-year-old Dothan woman driving an SUV was traveling northbound on US 231 approaching Barber Rd in the same area. The sedan attempted a left-hand

Police are searching for a suspect after a man was found shot to death outside a motel in Fort Lauderdale early Monday. The investigation was underway outside a Motel 6 on Marina Mile Boulevard near Interstate 95 where a body could be seen on the ground in the parking lot covered by a yellow tarp. Multiple officers responded to the scene and several evidence markers were on the ground near the body. Fort Lauderdale Police said officers responded to reports

All southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike have reopened near Okeechobee Boulevard near West Palm Beach after a crash involving a semi truck shut them down for a while on Monday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the wreck happened just before 5 a.m. Aerial video from WPTV Chopper 5 showed the semi tipped over on its side. A tow truck eventually hauled the semi away, allowing the lanes to reopen before 7 a.m. Truck accidents often lead to life-changing

A Tampa man has died after he rode his bicycle into the path of a moving van on Sunday, Florida Highway Patrol announced Monday. Around 8:20 p.m., a 45-year-old man from Lutz was driving a Ford E250 van north on Nebraska Avenue. At the intersection of Nebraska and Fletcher Avenues, the 46-year-old bicyclist disregarded traffic signals and rode into the van’s path. The man suffered fatal injuries at the scene, FHP said. Bicycle accidents can result in severe injuries, often

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A Naples man was arrested for leading Collier County deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers on a chase in a stolen pickup truck. Around 9:11 p.m. Saturday, FHP helped the Collier County Sheriff’s Office in the pursuit of a driver in a stolen Ford F-250 that was also reportedly involved in a burglary in Lee County. According to FHP, the vehicle was heading north on I-75 and approaching Corkscrew Road. The driver sped along several

Photo by: WPTV – Staff 10 people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Friday off the coast of Vero Beach. The Coast Guard said that they received a stress signal from a boat about 20 miles offshore. The disabled 25-foot-long vessel was fighting against sea levels of at least six feet. Once rescued, five people needed to be transported to EMS for medical care and the other five were turned over to Border Patrol, which is standard procedure for

Photo by: wsvn Police are investigating an overnight stabbing in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood that sent a man to the hospital. City of Miami Police units responded to the scene of the incident in the area of Southwest 17th Court and First Street, just before 1 a.m. on Sunday. Responding officers arrived to find the victim suffering fro a stab wound. Paramedics transported the patient to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition. Detectives are attempting to determine the circumstances that

Two men were killed Sunday morning after their car crashed into a wall near an apartment complex on North 50th Street near East Busch Boulevard. The crash happened around 5 a.m. and shut down North 50th Street in both directions for several hours before it reopened to traffic. In a news release, the Tampa Police Department said the crash happened while the two men were heading south before veering from the right side of the street “for unknown reasons.” Officers

Police in Port Orange are investigating the death of an elderly woman. Officers said they were called around 3:40 a.m. Sunday to a home on Coconut Palm Circle. When officers arrived at the home, they found a 67-year-old woman unresponsive, and she was later pronounced dead, according to a report. Officers said a 76-year-old man was also at the scene. Police said the investigation into the woman’s death is ongoing, and they consider the incident a possible domestic disturbance. No

One man was shot on Sunday afternoon during a fight in Escambia County, according to deputies. The shooting occurred around 2 p.m. on the 5600 block of Nicholas Lane. 26-year-old Thaddeus English was still on the scene and taken into custody when deputies arrived, according to ECSO. English is being held in Escambia County Jail on charges of attempted homicide with no bond. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says the man was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Two men were killed and a third was detained after an altercation ended in a shooting at a southwest Miami-Dade home Sunday evening, police said. Officers responded to the home at 21495 Southwest 240th Street just after 5 p.m. where they found two men with gunshot wounds, Miami-Dade Police officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and pronounced both men dead at the scene. Their identities haven’t been released. A third man was detained by detectives while a fourth fled the

A 79-year-old North Fort Myers man is dead, and an 80-year-old North Fort Myers man is in serious condition after a crash Saturday night. Florida Highway Patrol says an SUV was traveling east on Bayshore Rd and making a turn onto Twin Brooks Road while a pickup truck was traveling in the opposite direction. The SUV turned left into the path of the pickup truck colliding with the front right side of the SUV. The driver of the SUV was