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TAMPA, FL – A 32-year-old man was suspected of impairment when he crashed his Land Rover SUV into two sedans, leading it to overturn and catch fire, injuring himself and the two drivers. 

FOX13 News said this crash happened around 1 a.m. Saturday on West Kennedy Boulevard, approaching Westland Avenue. The sedans were seriously damaged, and the three motorists were rescued by some helping hands — two off-duty EMTS and two nurses — who sprung into action. Six minutes later, emergency responders arrived at the scene and took all three individuals to a hospital. 

The 32-year-old man, identified as Adrain Jacinto, was arrested for DUI that resulted in personal injury or damage. 

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TAMPA, FL – A 38-year-old man driving a 2007 Dodge Charger fled the scene after he struck a moped operator, which claimed their life Friday. 

ABC Action News said this crash happened before 4 a.m. on East Hillsborough Avenue. Both the suspect, identified as Nicholas Harrison, who was later arrested, was going east, as was the moped operator when both collided with each other. 

Police said the moped got stuck inside the front of the Dodge before getting removed. Police were able to find Harrsion’s vehicle, which led them to him when Harrison turned himself in. 

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TAMPA, FL – A pedestrian was declared dead at the scene upon getting struck by a driver of a vehicle in the Temple Terrace district Thursday. 

Tampa Police told WFLA they arrived at the scene after 11 p.m., indicating the collision happened at East Busch Boulevard and North 50th Street

Officers shut down eastbound Busch Boulevard, between 50th Street and Del Rey Court, for several hours before lifting the closure at 6 a.m. 

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TAMPA, FL – A 28-year-old man operating a Suzuki motorcycle lost his life after a Cadallic XTS driver hit his bike, ejecting him from the bike and leading it to catch fire Saturday. 

ABC Action News said this collision happened before 9:30 p.m. when the motorcyclist was supposedly going at a high speed when he collided with the Cadillac driver trying to turn left at the Hillsborough Avenue and Montague Street junction. As a result, the motorcyclist died at the scene, and the driver, a 67-year-old man, sustained minor injuries. 

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TAMPA, FL – First responders took two women to a hospital and declared a man dead at the scene after their car collided with a tree and caught on fire Thursday. 

This single-vehicle wreck occurred around 4 a.m. in the area of North 40th Street and River Hills Drive, which is along River Hills Country Club, WFLA said. 

Tampa Police shut down the roundabout to conduct their investigation and to accommodate the scene clearance procedure. 

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TAMPA, FL – A driver of a sedan crashed into another vehicle and then into a fence, resulting in it coming to rest against the fence, injuring both drivers Wednesday. 

ABC Action News said the events unfolded when, before 7 a.m., the sedan driver went from eastbound Bush Boulevard into the westbound directions and then hit the second vehicle — a white car. The white car was hit on its passenger side, and the impact led it to sustain significant front-end damage. 

First responders revealed both drivers were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. They started an investigation and have not released other details at this time. 

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TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the events behind a crash that injured at least one person in the East Lake-Orient area Tuesday. 

FHP were summoned to East Adamo Drive and South Ware Boulevard after 4 p.m. and arrived at the crash site after 4:30 p.m. 

Troopers did not reveal the cause of this collision or say if anyone was taken to a hospital. 

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TAMPA, FL – A Hillsborough County deputy driving a patrol truck and a driver of a sedan both suffered injuries in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday. 

This crash happened around 1 a.m. on Adamo Drive near I-75, according to Fox 13 News. The events leading up to this wreck are unclear, but footage indicated that both vehicles sustained some significant front-end damage. 

Emergency responders took the deputy to a hospital for treatment of minor wounds. First responders said the other driver was injured but did not confirm if they were sent to a hospital nor provided an update on their current condition. 

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TAMPA, FL – At least one person suffered unspecified injuries in a hit-and-run crash that happened before 7:15 p.m. in the Palm River-Clair Mel district. 

Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to the scene at 7:09 p.m. and arrived around 7:27 p.m. They have not provided a description of the suspect or their vehicle or shared other details surrounding this crash, including the severity of wounds suffered. 

Updates will be posted when more details surface. 

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TAMPA, FL – A 25-year-old man from Little Falls, New Jersey, who operated a Suzuki motorcycle lost his life after he was struck by a pickup truck driver Wednesday. 

According to FOX 13 News, the events of this collision unfolded when the pickup truck driver, a 59-year-old man, tried to make a turn from northbound Dale Mabry Highway into a Walmart parking lot. He did not make it, as he collided with the motorcyclist traveling south. 

The 59-year-old man and the passenger with him, a 52-year-old woman, also from Tampa, were uninjured. Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist succumbed to fatal wounds at the scene. 

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