DOVER, FL – A 53-year-old man walking along the railroad tracks passed away when he was struck by an Amtrak train Saturday. This collision took place in the area of Sydney Dover Road and East Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). Authorities…
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News Update: Police arrest man after fatal Terrace Park crash
TAMPA, FL – As of Thursday night, Tampa police confirmed they arrested a man responsible for a four-vehicle crash in Terrace Park that claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman last Friday, Jan 3. Police identified the man as 67-year-old Gary Manist, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Officers said…
News: 7 hospitalized following I-4 chain-reaction wreck in Plant City
PLANT CITY, FL – A chain-reaction collision involving three vehicles on I-4 sent seven people to a hospital Thursday morning, according to FOX 13 News. The events unfolded around 6 a.m., just before the Thonotosassa Road exit, when the driver of a Hyundai van rear-ended a Chevy Tahoe, forcing the…
News: Driver escapes injury in semi fire in Riverview
RIVERVIEW, FL – A driver of a semi-truck was spared from injuries when their truck, carrying eggs, caught on fire and overturned on I-75 Saturday. According to ABC Action News, the truck caught on fire after the driver had pulled over onto the shoulder, which took place before 1 p.m.…
News Update: Woman, 26, loses life in Terrace Park 4-auto wreck
TAMPA, FL – As of Monday night, police confirmed that it was a 26-year-old woman, a mother of four children, who died in a Friday morning four-vehicle wreck in Terrace Park. New details from ABC Action News show that the woman was 26-year-old Paige Howard. Updated information indicates that around…
News: 1 killed, 3 hospitalized after 4-auto crash near University of Florida
TAMPA, FL – Three people were sent to a nearby hospital, and one woman in her 20s passed away after a four-vehicle collision south of University of Florida Friday. The accident was reported before 10:15 a.m. and took place at the intersection of E Bougainvillea Ave and McKinley Drive, according…
News: Motorcyclist, 18, dies following multi-vehicle wreck on I-275 on Howard Frankland Bridge
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – An 18-year-old Ohio resident died following a collision Friday morning, January 3, while operating a motorcycle on Interstate 275 near St. Petersburg, according to News Channel 8. The fatal wreck unfolded on a span of I-275 that runs on the Howard Frankland Bridge, prompting an emergency…
News: Man, 32, dies after Brooksville crash involving suspected impaired driver
BROOKSVILLE, FL – Authorities are investigating a wrong-way collision Wednesday morning in Brooksville that resulted in the death of a 44-year-old man, according to FOX 13 News. The fatal crash took place on the northbound side of U.S. Route 41 at Sgt. Lea Mills Boulevard. Investigators found that a 32-year-old…
News: Driver killed in St. Pete crash after fleeing PCSO traffic stop
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 30-year-old Seminole man died early Monday, December 30, when a police pursuit led to a crash in St. Petersburg, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay. The Florida Highway Patrol said Pinellas County deputies had attempted to pull over the man, who was driving a 2023…
News: 1 hospitalized with serious injuries after Tampa crash involving DUI driver
TAMPA, FL – A man was left pinned inside his pickup truck after being rear-ended by a DUI suspect Monday morning in northwest Tampa, according to WTSP. Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on Waters Avenue at around 2:43 a.m. Officials said the suspect, 33,…