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SunRail service was delayed by over 75 minutes on Tuesday afternoon in the Taft area after a train struck a pedestrian, authorities said. Southbound train P323 SB and northbound train P322 were stopped around 3 p.m. as the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) investigated the incident along the railroad tracks between Sand Lake Rd. and Meadow Woods stations. A bus bridge was implemented between the two stations that were impacted.  Troopers said the death occurred around 2:44 p.m. near South Orange

Photo by:  WJXT News4JAX  A 53-year-old Callahan man died after his pickup truck collided with another car on Jacksonville’s Northside on Tuesday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said at 8:17 a.m., a sedan was traveling west on Imeson Park Boulevard, east of Busch Drive. The man in the pickup truck was driving south on Busch Drive, north of Imeson Park Boulevard. Investigators said the sedan driver went through a stop sign and struck the left front of the

Photo by: nbcmiami One person has died after a partial collapse of scaffolding at an oceanfront condo on Miami Beach on Tuesday. The incident happened at the Villa Di Mare building at 5801 Collins Avenue, where Miami Beach Police and fire rescue crews responded. Footage from Chopper 6 showed the scaffolding hanging from the side of the building, which is undergoing some renovations. City officials said one person was taken from the scene to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center

 Police arrested two teenagers Monday in connection with an armed robbery and shooting that they said left a Miami-Dade tattoo artist in critical condition last week. According to police, two employees of the Eazy Street Tattoos, located at 13433 SW 56th St. in the Miller Shops of county’s Kendale Lakes area, were taking a break at the back of the business when they were ambushed by two armed men on Thursday night. Eazy Street Tattoos employee Cesar Sanchez, who spoke with

A man is dead after he caught fire in the parking lot of a Port Charlotte shopping center on Tuesday, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Charlotte County Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene at Port Charlotte Town Center mall, where a man had burns from head to toe. A helicopter was requested to transport the man to the hospital. However, he began to go into cardiac arrest as the helicopter was landing. Due to the lack

 Before a murder-suicide in Boca Raton on Monday night, police say the victim called her family saying her husband wanted to kill her. The Boca Raton Police Department (BRPD) said at around 10 p.m., a 62-year-old man and 60-year-old woman were found dead from gunshot wounds inside their apartment on NE 45th Street. Before the tragic discovery, Ana Josefa Pardo Gonzalez called a family member and said her husband—Gilbert Cruz Fernandez — wanted to kill her. The family member said

Photo by: Cape Coral Police Department A Cape Coral man was arrested Saturday for a DUI hit-and-run crash on Coronado Parkway that caused approximately $3,000 in property damage. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, a witness told officers she was awoken by a loud noise that sounded like a crash. When she went outside, a car with major damage was in a nearby parking lot. She said a man, later identified as Aaron Olmstead, was standing by the driver’s

Months after a 16-year-old and was killed and a 15-year-old was injured in a Lauderdale Lakes robbery turned shooting, three other teens have been arrested in connection with the deadly encounter, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting happened the night of May 20 in the 4000 block of Northwest 30th Terrace. Ring footage showed the shooting unfold in the neighborhood, as one shooter appeared to pull out a gun and open fire near the entrance of a housing complex. When Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and

Photo by: nbcmiami One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a unit at a high-rise condo building on Miami Beach Tuesday morning. The fire happened at a unit on the 14th floor of the building at 1800 Sunset Harbor Drive. Footage showed smoke pouring out of the unit’s balcony as the woman who lives there was heard screaming for help. “Help me! Help me!” the woman was screaming as firefighters arrived. Miami Beach Fire Rescue officials said

A 52-year-old Pensacola man was hit and killed while walking his bike in the roadway Saturday night in Escambia County. It happened around 8:20 p.m. on Pine Forest Road near Jasper Street. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 17-year-old Pace girl was driving her car southbound on Pine Forest Rd. approaching Jasper St. Meanwhile, the 52-year-old man was walking his bicycle in the roadway southbound on Pine Forest Rd. approaching Jasper St. FHP says the Pace girl “failed to see

Photo by: WEAR A pickup truck crashed into a fence early Tuesday morning in Escambia County after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, according to Florida Highway Patrol. It happened around 3:45 a.m. on Memphis Ave. and Houston Ave. “The driver of the pickup truck fell asleep behind the wheel and failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway,” FHP says in a release. “As a result, the vehicle ran off the roadway and collided with a fence and

UPDATE: The roadway is now open, according to officials. Officials said there is one fatality from this accident. They are cleaning up the scene and the roadway should be open in a couple of hours. Five people were taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle accident on Highway 98 near Tyndall Bridge. The accident occurred in the eastbound lane of Highway 98 coming from Tyndall Bridge. At this time the the westbound lane of 98 in front of Rodeos restaurant