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Photo by: WPLG Miami-Dade police are working to piece together the details of a shooting that they said involved a woman driving a minivan and a man on a motorcycle. Authorities said the two got into an argument shortly before 2 p.m., during which the man pulled out a gun and shot the woman in her lower body near Kendall Drive and Southwest 137th Avenue. Police told Local 10′s Christian De La Rosa that the woman is in stable condition

One person has died after a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus hit a pedestrian on an electric scooter late Tuesday morning. St. Pete Police said the accident happened at the intersection of 22nd Avenue and the Pinellas Trail. Police said the pedestrian on the electric scooter was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries. The PSTA bus was carrying ten passengers when it was involved in an accident. No one was injured in the accident. The

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on State Road 70. The crash happened Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 42-year-old man was in a vehicle waiting to turn across the eastbound lanes of SR-70 onto Manor Hill Lane East into the path of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old man from Palmetto, collided with the rear of the vehicle. The motorcyclist suffered sever injuries as a result. He was taken to the hospital where he later

A 19-year-old Miami Beach man was arrested following an altercation with a doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital, where the victim serves as his mother’s physician, according to police. He appeared before a judge, Tuesday. The victim, 69-year-old Dr. Steven Silvers, also spoke during the court hearing and told his account of what happened. “I was going to my office and, at 8:15 in the morning, I briefly had an interaction with this gentleman and then I turned to walk away

Photo by: WPLG  Police investigated a shooting Tuesday morning in northwest Miami-Dade that left a man in critical condition. It happened at around 10:35 a.m. in the 2400 block of Northwest 46th Street in the unincorporated Brownsville area. A Miami-Dade Police Department spokesperson said officers were sent to the area after getting a ShotSpotter alert and arrived to find the man who had been shot in the leg. Authorities said medics took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center

 Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with a shooting that injured two people near Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach earlier this month, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The incident unfolded on Oct. 5, while a football game was taking place at the school, but deputies have confirmed that the shooting occurred nearby and was not related to the event. Authorities said BSO deputies from the Pompano Beach District were at the game when

Dash camera footage released by the Florida Highway Patrol captured the moments a police pursuit of a stolen van ended in a crash after officers performed a PIT maneuver in Northwest Miami-Dade, which resulted in the arrests of three suspects. The incident happened on Sept. 11, in the area of Northwest 27th Avenue and 62nd Street, after a license plate reader notified officials that a white Ford van was reported stolen from Miami-Dade County. Officers than located the van and

A woman in her late-40s was hospitalized Tuesday morning after being shot in the abdomen inside of her home on Jacksonville’s Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO’s Sergeant Scott says around 2 a.m., officers responded to Vista Bay Apartment Homes, located at 8715 Belle Rive Blvd., in reference to the woman who was shot. When officers arrived, the woman was taken to a local hospital where she is currently listed in non-life-threatening condition, JSO said. “The initial investigation

A 23-year-old Whiteburg, Kentucky woman was injured Saturday when a tire went out on her motorhome causing her to drive off Interstate 75 south of Alachua and collide with some trees. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the woman was driving a 43-foot motorhome south and towing a Lincoln MKX in the outside lane on I-75 at the 395 mile marker at 3:45 p.m. when the left front tire failed. She lost control, and the vehicle traveled onto

Photo by: wfla A lineman helping restore power to Peace River Electric customers took a break from restoring electricity to help save two occupants of an overturned vehicle following a crash in Florida on Sunday. The company shared photos on Facebook showing the moment Cameron Elias, with PowerLine, came across an accident and leaped into action. When Elias saw a vehicle with front-end damage in the middle of the road, he quickly spotted a second vehicle overturned on its side about 75

Update: 8:30 a.m. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol is reporting that all lanes of Interstate 95 are now open. However, troopers said the crash has had a significant impact on traffic and there is heavy congestion between Viera Boulevard and US-192. Motorists should anticipate slow or stopping traffic in the area for the next few hours, FHP said. Update 7 a.m.: FHP said the crash happened on the northbound lanes of I-95, just south of Pineda Causeway. It

A major crash on Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach is slowing down traffic on Tuesday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash on Southern Boulevard just beyond Gem Lake Drive at around 7:20 a.m. In the latest update at 8:00 a.m. officials stated that the crash has been cleared. No injuries have been reported at this time. Car accidents can leave victims with significant physical, emotional, and financial burdens. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, the Ovadia Law