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News: Collision in Palm Beach County leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
LAKE WORTH BEACH, FL – Authorities said one person was killed and two others injured Saturday in a high-speed car wreck in Palm Beach County. According to WPTV, the accident happened on Lantana Road near Lake Worth Beach at 6:39 p.m. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 20-year-old Guy Ludgy Barbancourt was driving a…
Read MoreNews: 5 dead in crash involving wrong-way driver on Palmetto Expressway
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A crash involving a wrong-way driver in Miami-Dade County over the weekend left five people dead, according to WPLG. The incident took place early Saturday morning on the Palmetto Expressway near Northwest 57th Avenue. The Florida Highway Patrol said 30-year-old Maiky Simeon was driving a silver Infiniti east in the expressway’s…
Read MoreNews: North Lauderdale woman arrested for crash that injured toddler
OAKLAND PARK, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest in a crash that injured a toddler in Oakland Park last week. The incident happened Aug. 11 in the area of Northwest 43rd Street and Northwest 5th Avenue, where deputies arrived shortly after 6 p.m. and found that a 2-year-old child had been struck…
Read MoreNews: Driver flees scene after crashing into store in SW Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A search is underway for the driver who fled the scene of a crash in Southwest Miami-Dade on Thursday, according to WSVN. Police said the driver crashed into the wall of a Dollar Tree store in the vicinity of Southwest 117th Avenue and Southwest 72nd Street at about 5:3 0p.m. The…
Read MoreNews: Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle on Federal Highway in Dania Beach
DANIA BEACH, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office was on the scene of a fatal pedestrian accident in Dania Beach early Thursday morning. The incident occurred on Federal Highway between Southeast 3rd and 4th Street at about 2 a.m., according to WPLG. BSO deputies arrived at the scene and found the body of the victim, while…
Read MoreNews: Former Vero Beach mayor hospitalized after being hit by pickup truck
VERO BEACH, FL – The former mayor of Vero Beach was struck and injured by a pickup truck Monday morning, TC Palm reports. 69-year-old Laura Moss was hospitalized after the incident. Police said she was crossing the southbound lane of Cardinal Drive at about 8:30 a.m. after leaving a restaurant when she was hit by the…
Read MoreNews: Fatal car accident shuts down southbound lanes of Interstate 95
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A car accident left a man dead and shut down a portion of Interstate 95 on Wednesday afternoon, the Miami Herald reported. The crash happened on I-95 south near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at about 2:30 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man was driving a Toyota Matrix when…
Read MoreBroward Authorities Arrest Woman in Connection With Hit-and-Run That Injured a Child
Authorities are convinced that the woman seen in a video recording near the scene of a hit-and-run collision that injured a child is the person responsible for the crash. WSVN.com reports that Broward Sheriff’s Office has arrested 60-year-old Kimberly Mathis in connection with the hit-and-run crash. Authorities have arrested a woman in connection to a…
Read MoreNews: Collision on MacArthur Causeway in Miami Beach leaves passenger dead
MIAMI BEACH, FL – Two vehicles were involved in a deadly collision at a Miami Beach intersection Monday night, reports WSVN. Police said it happened when the driver of a Honda Civic sped through a light at MacArthur Causeway and Fountain Street and crashed into a Mercedes. The Civic then struck a sidewalk. A passenger…
Read MoreNews: Child killed, 2 others injured in hit-and-run crash on Florida’s Turnpike
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – A driver left the scene of a fatal crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County early Wednesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to WPLG, a Volkswagen Passat was stopped in a northbound lane of the turnpike near Griffin Road without its lights on at about 12:30 a.m. The driver…
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