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(Orange City Fire Department Photo) One person and a dog were evaluated for injury after a pickup truck slammed into the front of a Volusia County home on Sunday, according to the Orange City Fire Department. Crews responded on scene to find a dog injured, according to officials. A person was also transported for evaluation, according to the fire department.  The cause of the crash was determined to be accidental, according to officials.  Truck accidents can result in serious injuries

A motorist was killed in a crash on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tampa on Saturday, authorities said. The Tampa Police Department is investigating a fatal crash at the 3000 block of the road. Officers responded to the scene at 2:37 a.m. in response to a single-vehicle traffic crash. The victim was transported to a local hospital where the individual was pronounced dead. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Eastbound and westbound lanes of the

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies shot and killed a man after he allegedly pointed a gun at them, authorities said. According to an HCSO press release, the 911 center received a call from the wife of a man from a home at the 10000 block of Courtney Palm Boulevard in Tampa on Saturday at about 11:15 p.m., stating her husband entered a bathroom wanting to commit suicide. The wife then said she heard a gunshot from the bathroom. When

One man is dead after an off-road vehicle carrying four people, including two children, crashed in Brooksville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP says that the Polaris Side-By-Side rotated, struck a fence and flipped as the driver tried to round a curve northbound on Saturn Rd. around 12:45 a.m. Sunday. The driver and victim, a 36-year-old Brooksville man whose name was not released, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash. The uninjured passengers are 36, 11

A 23-year-old Bartow man accused of killing his father and attempting to kill his mother was arrested Sunday morning in Orlando after taking the family car there, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say they responded to Highland Blvd. overnight where they found a man dead and transported a woman, who had been shot multiple times, to a local hospital. The suspect, J V, has been booked at the Orange County Jail and is charged with first degree murder and attempted first

Miami-Dade detectives released the identity of a 22-year-old woman on Sunday who Florida Highway Patrol troopers found dead on Saturday morning along an Interstate 95 northbound ramp. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, N C, also known as N V C, was set to celebrate her 23 birthdays on Dec. 29. The troopers found her dead after responding to reports of two people arguing at about 6 a.m., along I-95, police said. Troopers closed the ramp at Northeast 203 Street,

A man and a woman suffered from smoke inhalation on Sunday afternoon during a dangerous residential fire in Fort Lauderdale. According to F G, a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman, a heroic 27-year-old man was “overcome by smoke” while rescuing a woman from the house fire along Whale Harbor Lane, near Riverland Road in the Lauderdale Isles neighborhood. J A, who lives in the area, said he was getting ready to watch the Miami Dolphins game when he heard “a

A BB gun shooter injured a victim in the face on Sunday during a fight at a public park in Broward County, police said. Police officers responded to Flamingo Park, at 12855 NW 8 St., in Sunrise, and found the victim near a basketball courtyard. According to the Sunrise Police Department, the victim was struck in the cheek and was conscious before requiring hospitalization. The attack remained under investigation on Sunday afternoon. Detectives asked anyone with information about this or

Two people were injured during a fight on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, police said. According to CL, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, one of the injured was an aggressor. Police officers and fire rescue personnel responded to a report of a stabbing shortly before 1:50 p.m., along West Sunrise Boulevard at Ninth Avenue, and fire rescue personnel took the two injured to the Broward Health Medical Center. L reported both appeared to have suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Detectives

Investigators were called out to a boat crash that injured one person during the Merritt Island Christmas Boat Parade on Saturday night. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation said officers responded to a boat crash that happened on Saturday Officers said two vessels registered in the Meritt Island Boat Parade collided. As a result, three people were taken to the hospital. Previous Story: The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said two boats were involved in the crash at the boat parade.

Photo (WWSB-TV) Sarasota County fire department responding to a house fire in the 2500 block of Manasota Beach Rd., Englewood Firefighters first arrived on scene at 6:26a.m and left at 10:04a.m on Sunday. There are no injures reported as the home was vacant according to the Sarasota County Fire Department. The aftermath of a fire accident can be a confusing and stressful time. The Ovadia Law Group is dedicated to providing the legal support you need to get through this

A man driving a McLaren on State Road 408 in Orange County died late Saturday after the vehicle crashed and became engulfed in flames, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. at the entrance ramp to State Road 417 from westbound S.R. 408, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the driver was in the ramp’s inside lane when he failed to negotiate a curve to the right, causing the 2020 McLaren 720S to