A 45-year-old Brandon man riding shotgun in a pickup truck during Monday evening rush hour was shot and injured in what authorities believe was a possible act of road rage. A 45-year-old Brandon woman was driving the Ford F150 east on Causeway Boulevard with the man as her passenger. The…
Two 10-year-old girls were killed Sept. 1 in Auburndale after deputies believe a driver ran a red light and crashed into the car they were riding in. The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Havendale Boulevard at the intersection with New Jersey Road. According to reports, a 2006 Dodge Ram…
A 29-year-old man responsible for a hit-and-run collision in Clearwater that killed a man and severely injured a woman has turned himself in, according to Clearwater Police. The man apparently told police he blacked out and cannot remember hitting the man and woman on Monday morning on the Memorial Causeway.…
A 22-year-old man was killed Tuesday morning after a pickup truck struck him as he tried to bike across a road, according to authorities. The Plant City man was apparently improperly crossing the southbound lane of N Park Road around 11:15 a.m. when he was hit by a 2011 Chevrolet…
A street race across the Courtney Campbell Causeway resulted in a smashup with a Tampa police cruiser late Sunday night, ultimately closing the westbound side of the bridge until the early hours of the morning. According to reports, a black two-door car was travelling west across the Causeway at a…
An 8-year-old Bradenton girl was killed in a gruesome crash in Manatee County on Sunday. Officials believe the crash occurred east of I-75 on State Road 70, just west of Curtis Road around 4 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a SUV lost control and drove over a median,…
A wrong-way driving accident seriously injured two people and closed the southbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge earlier this month. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on July 14. According to the Florida Highway patrol, a 21-year-old Plant City woman entered I-275 driving a 2012 Scion north in…
A 24-year-old St. Petersburg man was seriously injured Thursday after he lost control of a motorcycle he was driving on 36th Avenue North. St. Petersburg police said the man was driving a 2003 Honda motorcycle in the 4700 block of 36th Avenue North early Thursday afternoon when he tried to…
Road rage is a term that is commonly used to describe an aggressive or very angry driver. An excessively aggressive driver is much more likely to be involved in a car accident than a driver that remains calm and collected. Aggressive driving is considered negligent driving because drivers showing signs…
A 25-year-old Tarpon Springs man was killed Tuesday afternoon after a massive roll of steel fell on top of him. Reports indicate that the man was standing on the tines of a forklift next to a flatbed truck, preparing to unload rolls of steel when the accident occurred. According to…