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 man from Groveland was driving a Toyota Tacoma against traffic when the vehicle collided with a Dodge Ram traveling northbound.
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 Dodge Charger, for a window tint violation.
Officials indicated that a pursuit ensued when the driver failed to stop. He was later observed driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North and 7th Avenue South.
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, appeared to be under the influence when he crashed his vehicle into the back of the victim’s Dodge Ram pickup truck. The high-speed collision sent the pickup into a tree, leaving the victim with serious injuries to one of his lower legs. He was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in stable condition.
TAMPA, FL – A sedan was pushed into Plant High School’s outside bleachers after its driver collided with another vehicle, which injured and sent a woman to a hospital Wednesday.
This collision happened at 1 p.m. on the 2400th block of South Himes Avenue, according to FOX 13 News. The woman who was injured was sent to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition.
The school’s principal, Heather Holloway, confirmed that a third driver, one of the students, was also hit by one of the vehicles while driving her car in the parking lot. Holloway said the student was okay but did not specify if she was injured or if she was sent to a hospital.
MYAKKA CITY, FL – An SUV driver drifted off SR-70 West into the eastbound lanes, causing them to collide head-on with a pickup truck, claiming the lives of two people Sunday.
This collision occurred before 8 p.m. along Betts Road, according to MySunCoast. Once the vehicles collided, the SUV passenger and pickup truck driver perished at the crash site.
Upon arrival, emergency crews hurried the SUV driver to a hospital for treatment of serious wounds. It is unclear if the second SUV passenger, who survived, was hospitalized, but they were left with minor wounds.
TAMPA, FL – A 40-year-old woman drifted off from SR-618 West into the eastbound lanes, causing her to crash head-on with another car, claiming the life of the other driver and injuring herself in the process.
When both vehicles collided around 3 a.m. on Sunday, that’s when both vehicles, the woman’s Honda FIT and the other driver’s car, a Toyota Yaris, began to rotate, WTSP said. Seconds later, the second motorist, a 33-year-old man, an Orlando resident, slammed into a concrete barrier. Once ambulance crews arrived at the scene, they rushed the woman to a nearby hospital, where she is receiving treatment for serious wounds.
Florida Highway Patrol said the man perished at the scene. Troopers launched an investigation but have not been able to pinpoint the circumstances that played a role in this deadly collision. Once this pertinent detail is confirmed, then you can count on our team to provide updates to this news blog post.
TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol rushed to the scene of a rollover collision on I-275 South that led to significant delays stretching past Fletcher Avenue Tuesday.
Crews responded to the crash site around 6 a.m., which took place near Sligh Avenue, according to FOX 13 News. FHP has launched an investigation but has no further information with regard to the exact cause of this wreck, the number of individuals involved, and whether anyone sustained any injuries.
Additional details will be provided as our newsroom learns more.
TAMPA, FL – A 59-year-old man had suffered a medical episode while driving on the Howard Franklin Bridge, causing him to lose control of his car, ending in a crash that claimed his life Wednesday.
Florida Highway Patrol told WTSP that as soon as the man was experiencing the episode, he crashed into another driver, a 73-year-old woman, a Palm Bay resident, who had stopped in a right center lane, facing southbound. Once the two vehicles collided, the man’s car was thrust into a barrier and came to rest.
Ambulance responders rushed the man, a Palmetto resident, to a local hospital, where he passed away.
VENICE, FL – A driver and passenger succumbed to fatal wounds after their vehicle caught on fire after crossing SR-777 South and hitting another vehicle on River Road North Tuesday.
Once the vehicles made contact, the struck automobile then overturned, and that driver suffered serious injuries, ABC Action News reports. Immediately following the crash, the surviving motorist was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol were summoned to the scene, although FHP will be taking the lead on this investigation.
SEFFNER, FL – A one-year-old child was rushed to a hospital where they later died after their driver, operating a Toyota RAV4, was rear-ended by a Jeep Cherokee on I-4 Friday.
WFLA said this collision happened before 1:30 a.m., and the impact had also led both drivers and two other children (from the RAV4)— a 3-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl to sustain injuries, all of whom were also hospitalized.
Florida Highway Patrol revealed that the surviving children, the RAV4 driver, a 30-year-old woman from Dundee, an adult RAV passenger, a 34-year-old woman, and the Jeep driver, a 21-year-old woman from Englewood, are all recovering from non-life-threatening wounds.
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