LARGO, FL – A driver suffered a medical episode, which led to a three-vehicle wreck that sent five adults and one child to a hospital Monday. ABC Action News said the collision happened on East Bay Drive. After arriving, medical helicopter personnel airlifted the child, and ambulance crews took the…
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News: Police investigates injury crash near Sarasota Int. Airport
SARASOTA, FL – Local police are working to determine the events that led to a crash with injuries west of the Sarasota International Airport Monday afternoon. Officers arrived at the intersection of North Tamiami Trail and University Parkway after 12 p.m. Police have not specified the extent of injuries sustained…
News: At least 1 seriously hurt in Busch Blvd. crash in Tampa
TAMPA, FL – At least one person was seriously injured in a crash that happened at the intersection of Busch Boulevard and 42nd Street Thursday. Fox 13 News said the collision took place around 6:45 a.m. Tampa police closed both directions of Busch from 40th Street to 42nd Street for…
News: Patrol car overturns in Riverview, sending deputy to hospital
RIVERVIEW, FL – A Hillsborough County deputy had to go to a hospital after their cruiser overturned after getting struck by a pickup truck driver Wednesday. The sheriff’s office told FOX 13 News that the pickup truck driver had sped through the intersection of Bloomingdale Avenue and Gornto Lake Road…
News: 2 lives claimed, 4 injured in Tampa crash with trash truck
TAMPA, FL – Two men lost their lives, and four people were sent to the hospital after a multi-vehicle wreck caused by a trash truck driver Monday. The events started around 1 p.m., when the truck operator had rear-ended a minivan on North 50th Street, according to ABC Action News. …
News: Man’s life claimed, 3 hospitalized after I-4 wreck in Tampa
TAMPA, FL – A 48-year-old Ruskin man lost his life, and three passengers with him were hospitalized after an I-4 crash reported before 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Florida Highway Patrol told ABC Action News that the collision happened after the Ruskin man, driving a Kia Sedona, struck an attenuator on the…
News: Crash in St. Pete claims woman’s life, ends in DUI charge
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A two-vehicle collision claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman and ended in a DUI manslaughter charge Sunday. WTSP said the crash happened around 8 p.m. on 34th Street North. Preliminary details showed that a 33-year-old Pinellas Park man had drifted off the road when he…
News: Sunshine Skyway Bridge closed due to barrier crash
TAMPA, FL – Two vehicles crashed into a barrier on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in some temporary lane closures Wednesday. According to My SunCoast, the collision happened on the northbound lanes, and delays lasted for 25 minutes in the southbound directions and 30 minutes on the north side. Officials…
News: 1 dead, 2 injured following Palm Harbor wrong-way wreck
PALM HARBOR, FL – A wrong-way collision near Sutherland Elementary School last Saturday claimed the life of one man and injured two other people, WTSP reports. Florida Highway Patrol said the crash took place before 8:45 p.m. while, for reasons not immediately clear, a 68-year-old Tarpon Springs man was driving…
News: Speeding ends in injury rear-end truck wreck in North Port
NORTH PORT, FL – A driver operating a crane truck failed to reduce their speed just prior to striking another big rig Wednesday, leaving at least one person injured. The collision happened before 11 a.m. on I-75 South and caused hydraulic oil to spill from one of the trucks, according…