A two-year-old girl who managed to crawl through a doggie door and fall into a backyard swimming pool Friday night in Pinellas Park died on Sunday from near-drowning injuries. The girl passed away around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at All Children’s Hospital, according to Pinellas Park police. A family…
A Tarpon Springs man died Sunday in Clearwater after he lost control of his car, injuring two other drivers. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 20-year-old was travelling southbound at a high rate of speed in his 2003 Honda Accord in the outside lane of U.S. Highway 19 when…
Three people were injured this weekend after a staircase on the side of a home collapsed while they were standing on it. Two adults and a child were standing on the metal staircase that rose two stories on Saturday, when it collapsed after the legs supporting it gave out. The…
Over the past 15 years, motorcycle deaths have risen across the United States and seem to have reached an all-time high of more than 5,000, which some believe is a direct result of states weakened helmet law requirements. According to a recent insurance industry study, the average medical claim from…
A large boat carrying four passengers caught fire off Egmont Key in St. Petersburg Sunday. The passengers on board ended up in the water and were picked up by another boater. According to the coast guard, it is unclear at this time what started the fire on the 42-foot Hatteras.…
An 8-year-old girl was hospitalized Sunday after suffering non-life-threatening injuries after she was attacked by a dog in Progress Village. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the attack at 2:20 p.m. The child was taken to Tampa General Hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries, according to…
A 40-year-old Tampa woman died Saturday morning after her car struck a tree on the shoulder of an Interstate 75 off-ramp. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman was driving south on an exit ramp from I-75 toward E Martin Luther King Boulevard around 2:43 a.m. when she missed…
A 45-year-old Tampa Bay area man working on an elevator shaft was crushed to death Wednesday morning at the TradeWinds Island Resorts. The man was vacuuming water from the bottom of the elevator shaft at the Jacaranda Beach Villas, condominiums on the grounds of the resort with another worker when…
A 40-year-old Riverview man was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday morning after another driver apparently ran a red light and crashed into the man’s driver’s side door. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office believes the driver accused of running the red light was travelling at about 60 mph, 15 mph…
There are certain mistakes that should never be made by doctors during your surgery. However, preventable mistakes, such as leaving behind operating tools in your body, are actually more common than you may think. In fact, these mistakes recognized as “never events” in the medical community because there is no…