Car Accidents

April 18, 2025

News: I-4 wreck in Dover claims teens life, injures 6

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DOVER, FL – A 16-year-old teenager lost his life, and six teenagers were injured as a result of a two-vehicle collision on I-4 Wednesday, Fox 13 News reports.

Florida Highway Patrol said the crash, reported at 11 p.m., happened after a 16-year-old boy, driving a Dodge SUV, tried to merge into another lane and struck a Cadillac CTS.

Troopers said the Dodge SUV driver, a 16-year-old boy from Temple Terrace, and four other passengers in the SUV sustained minor injuries. One passenger, a 16-year-old boy, did not wear a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others in the SUV were left in serious condition.

April 17, 2025

News: 20 hurt in 13-vehicle wreck on I-275 in St. Pete

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Twenty people sustained injuries as a result of a 13-vehicle collision that included an ambulance on the I-275 South off-ramp Wednesday.

The crash took place at 5:30 p.m. at the ramp connecting to 22nd Avenue South, according to WTSP. EMS crews issued one person a trauma alert and transported them to a hospital.

Transportation workers shut down the area for several hours for the clean-up process and have reopened all lanes since.

April 15, 2025

News: Fiery crash in Tampa claims 1 life, ends in DUI arrest

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TAMPA, FL – A 51-year-old woman, who was intoxicated, was arrested after causing a fiery collision that claimed the life of her passenger Monday.

The Tampa Bay Times said the woman had crashed her van into a median on 78th Street North under the Selmon Expressway. The force of the crash caused the van to catch on fire and trapped the woman and her passenger.

Hillsborough County deputies arrived at the scene around 2:30 a.m. and pulled out the occupants. Deputies said the male passenger died at the crash site. He has since been identified as 54-year-old Emilio Alfaro-Herrera. EMS crews rushed the driver to Tampa General Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

April 14, 2025

News: Police investigates crash that damages Tampa home

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TAMPA, FL – Tampa police are investigating the reason why a woman lost control of her gray Honda car and plowed into a home on the 2100th block of Sligh Avenue Monday.

Officers responded to the scene around 6 a.m. A photo from WFLA reveals some slightly dented windows. While the home sustained minor damage, the driver and home occupants were uninjured.

April 11, 2025

News: FHP shuts down Dale Mabry Hwy. due to crash

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LUTZ, FL – Crews shut down the southbound directions of Dale Mabry Highway along Cheval Boulevard due to a Friday afternoon crash, Florida Highway Patrol said.

At least one person was injured. However, the extent of their injuries, including the exact cause of the crash, is unclear.

Our team of writers will provide more information as it becomes available.

April 8, 2025

News: St. Pete pursuit-turned-injury crash ends in arrest

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A pursuit-turned-crash ended in a 30-year-old woman’s arrest and injured at least one person last Thursday, April 3, WFLA reports.

Pinellas Park police tried to pull over the woman, Janai Fowler, for a severely cracked windshield and illegal tint. Fowler refused and sped up. Officers used stop sticks, which resulted in two of Fowler’s tires coming undone.

Fowler continued driving until she crashed on I-275 near 38th Avenue. After the collision, she took her two passengers with her – two children — and fled the scene on foot, going north.

April 1, 2025

News: 1 hospitalized after rear-end wreck near Tampa Exec. Airport

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TAMPA, FL – EMS crews rushed a 62-year-old woman to a local hospital following an I-75 rear-end collision near the Tampa Executive Airport Monday.

Florida Highway Patrol told ABC Action News that just before 11:30 a.m., a 55-year-old man driving a semi-truck had first rear-ended a Nissan Altima. The Nissan driver, the 62-year-old woman, then was pushed forward and struck another vehicle. Three other vehicles — a Suzuki Grand Vitara, a Toyota Camry, and a Honda Accord — rear-ended each other.

After all the vehicles collided, one gray car slammed into a guardrail, and one red car was left completely totaled.

March 28, 2025

News: Woman, 38, fatally struck by pickup truck in Englewood

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ENGLEWOOD, FL – A 38-year-old Rotonda West woman lost her life after walking across South Indiana Avenue and getting hit by a pickup truck Monday.

My SunCoast said that the collision happened after 10:30 p.m. south of Cowles Street. Preliminary details suggest the truck driver was going north on Indiana when they struck the woman.

Authorities confirm that the pedestrian succumbed to her injuries at the scene. It is unclear if she was using a crosswalk at the time of the wreck or if the driver is expected to face criminal charges.

March 25, 2025

News: Medical episode leads to Largo crash that sends 6 to hospital

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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 adults to nearby hospitals. All occupants are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.

Largo police confirmed that intoxication did not play a role in the crash.

March 24, 2025

News: Police investigates injury crash near Sarasota Int. Airport

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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 or mentioned the kind of people and vehicles involved.

Our team of news writers will provide updates once more information comes to light.