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A 40-year-old man drowned over the Labor Day holiday weekend after being swept out into the Gulf of Mexico by a rip current, according to deputies.  The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened Saturday at James Lee Park in Destin.  The man, who has not yet been identified, was swimming with his juvenile son, who also got pulled out by the rip current, deputies said. The boy was rescued from the water, however, and the latest update has

Photo by: Indian River County Sheriff’s Office The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide Monday morning. Officials say the shooting took place around 2:51 a.m. in an empty lot near 4016 Old Dixie Highway, not far from the Players Pool Lounge in Gifford. The sheriff’s office says hundreds of cars lined Old Dixie Highway by the lounge and the Kool Kuts Barber Shop when several shots were heard. When officials responded to the area, they found an

Photo by: nbc-2 A car crashed into a home on St. Clair Avenue W in North Fort Myers Sunday. The lanai screen is caved in, there is rubble everywhere, pieces of the car are in the front yard and the garage door was damaged. This happened around 2 a.m., according to the owner, who heard a loud boom that woke her up. No one was injured. North Fort Myers Fire responded. The owner said the Red Cross is helping them

On Saturday at about 1:30 a.m., Dennis Keene and his son heard a loud boom. They thought it was a lightning strike, but it ended up being somebody crashing in his yard, not even a foot away from his home on 5th Street in Fort Myers Shores. The vehicle hit a cabbage tree. Pictures provided to NBC2 show that the driver and passenger airbags were inflated, a purse was left behind and an identification card. The people in the vehicle

A bicyclist had to be taken to a hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Fort Myers. The crash happened Sunday night near Evans Avenue and Linhart Avenue. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, the bicyclist had serious injuries and remains in the hospital. FMPD said the driver remained at the scene after the crash. NBC2 is working to find out how the bicyclist is doing. Bicycle accidents can lead to severe injuries, especially when they involve collisions

A 26-year-old Lake Placid man riding an ATV died in a crash near Highlands Boulevard and Cumberland Street. The crash happened around 1:04 a.m. Monday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man was traveling south on the southbound lane of Highlands Boulevard, approaching the intersection of Cumberland Street. A pickup truck was traveling in the opposite direction of the ATV. FHP troopers said the ATV crossed the center line and entered the pickup truck’s path. The two vehicles collided

 A tragedy unfolded on the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike near Boynton Beach on Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) released new details of the fatality. At around 5:44 a.m., FHP and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) responded to a box truck versus pedestrian crash at mile marker 90 of the Turnpike, south of Lake Worth Road. For reasons yet to be determined, a 17-year-old jumped from the Hypoluxo Road bridge onto oncoming southbound traffic of the Turnpike,

A 43-year-old Port Orange man was killed early Tuesday when his pickup truck crashed into a canal, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened just after midnight on Tomoka Farms Road near Halifax Drive. According to a crash report, the man was heading south on Tomoka Farms Road when the truck ran off the roadway and overturned into a canal. The man was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Video from the scene also

Photo by: Local10 Medics rushed a young girl to the hospital after a driver hit her outside of a drugstore off Coral Way in Miami Monday afternoon. Authorities said the driver hit her outside of the Navarro Discount Pharmacy at 2120 SW 32nd Ave. just before 4 p.m. The 7-year-old girl was knocked unconscious and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition, Miami police and fire spokespeople said. Authorities said her mother was also hurt but

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating a boating incident in North Matlacha Pass on Saturday night. FWC, The Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Coast Guard and Pine Island Fire Rescue responded to the scene. One boat was idling in North Matlacha, and four individuals were in the vessel. Another boat then struck the vessel and left the scene after the collision, leaving the family to fend for themselves until help arrived. One occupant sustained minor injuries. Boaters in the Matlacha community are concerned.

 A 66-year-old man has been accused of attempted murder after he shot a man in Royal Palm Beach. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) stated that on Saturday at around 6:45 p.m., deputies and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue had responded to a shooting in the 100 block of Sandpiper Avenue near Commons Park. When officials arrived on the scene, they reported finding a man with a gunshot wound. Deputies stated that they found the suspect, identified as Johnny