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Photo by: nbc-2 Fort Myers police are on the scene of a fatal crash at Colonial Boulevard and Winkler Avenue. Multiple officers, EMS and firefighters are on the scene of the crash that happened around 12:20 p.m. According to reports, a semi-truck and car collided. Traffic investigators say the driver of the car was pronounced dead on the scene. FMPD says east lanes of Colonial Blvd are closed at this time for investigation. Two westbound lanes on Colonial Blvd have

Two JEA line workers were hurt Tuesday in an incident that knocked out power to parts of the University of North Florida’s campus. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said the two workers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One of them was released from the hospital after a few hours. JEA said an electrical cabinet failed on the circuit causing the outage, but no other details were released because it is still investigating. A UNF spokesperson said the core

A shooting happened before a man was found dead inside a pickup truck on the side of the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade on Monday, according to police. The discovery was made just after noon on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of the Expressway near Northwest 103rd Street. Florida Highway Patrol officials said they received a call of a suspicious silver Ford truck and when troopers arrived, they found the man’s body inside. His identity hasn’t been released. Hialeah Police

 A fender-bender turned into a felony case for a man driving in Florida City in mid-August after police said he hit the passenger in the pickup he rear-ended as he fled the scene, seriously injuring him. Florida City police arrested William Alvarado, 43, of southwest Miami-Dade, on Monday. According to police, the crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 10. Authorities said Alvarado, driving north on U.S. 1 towards Florida’s Turnpike near Palm Drive in a 2016 Honda Civic,

A South Florida social media influencer with a large following was shot at and nearly killed by her former stepfather who’s facing attempted murder and other charges in the incident, police said. Eixchel Berroteran, known as Eixchelb to her 4.3 million TikTok and 650,000 Instagram followers, documented the incident in a social media post. “Only God knows why I’m still here and I ask him to give me the strength to move on and that at some point he can

Frightening new dashcam footage shows a Florida Highway Patrol trooper stopping an alleged drunk driver as she went the wrong way on a highway. The footage released by FHP on Monday showed the incident that happened on Interstate 75 near Tampa. In the video, an SUV can be seen approaching the trooper and other vehicles going the wrong way on the highway. The SUV goes around the trooper’s vehicle then pauses as another vehicle gets out of its way. The

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman Tuesday morning for allegedly driving under the influence. Andrea Godinez, 57, was reportedly driving under the influence around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. LCSO made the traffic stop along McGregor Boulevard, north of College Parkway in Fort Myers. NBC2 crews on the scene say they heard Godinez screaming as an LCSO deputy put her in their vehicle. Crews also saw a damaged sign in the area. Godinez was arrested and is facing three

A woman visiting the Florida Keys from out-of-state with her husband to meet with a “possible employer” landed in jail after downing half a bottle of liquor in five minutes, crashing into a combination bar-liquor store and then fighting with sheriff’s deputies, authorities said. Her husband wound up in jail, too. According to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Kimberly Marie Robins, 47, and Charles Fronefield Lambert, 41, both of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, were in Big Pine Key

Five students were charged and a principal was injured during a fight that broke out at West Port High School in Ocala on Monday, according to the school district.  The Ocala Police Department said the incident happened Monday during “Alpha time,” which is when students head to class at the end of a class period. The fight stemmed from an ongoing issue between several students following a previous altercation earlier this month.  Five female students were charged with disorderly conduct

An 18-year-old student at Palm Bay High School faces charges after stabbing another student in the stomach with a pair of scissors, according to the Melbourne Police Department. Police said that around 1 p.m. on Monday, two students were involved in an “altercation” when one was stabbed in the abdomen. According to a news release, the student who was stabbed was taken to the hospital where their condition was listed as serious, but stable. The injuries are not considered life threatening, police

A man who walked up behind a co-worker at Ritchey Cadillac in Daytona Beach and struck him in the head with a metal bat was indicted Monday on a charge of first-degree murder. A Volusia County grand jury indicted Steve Tilbury, 29, of Leesburg, in the Nov. 23, 2021, attack on his co-worker at Ritchey Cadillac, 932 N. Nova Road in Daytona Beach. According to a charging affidavit, a co-worker saw Tilbury drive up to the maintenance bay and grab a

A suspect was in custody after a victim was stabbed in an apparent armed robbery at a 7-Eleven in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday morning, officials said. Fort Lauderdale Police officials said officers and fire rescue crews responded to the store at 460 W. Broward Boulevard just before 5 a.m. for an armed robbery call. The victim was found with stab wounds and rushed to nearby Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert, police said. Officers found the suspect nearby and