News: 1 dead after car crashes, catches fire on I-75 in Davie
DAVIE, FL – State troopers said a single-vehicle accident in Davie Saturday morning left a driver dead. According to WPLG, the driver was headed south on Interstate 75 near the Griffin Road overpass when the crash happened at about 8 a.m. Witnesses told the Florida Highway Patrol that the driver veered off the highway. The vehicle…
Read MoreNews: Tri-Rail train hits abandoned vehicle in Fort Lauderdale, injuring 6
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Police said six people were injured in a railroad accident in Fort Lauderdale Saturday morning, NBC Miami reports. The incident took place in the vicinity of NW 8th Street and NW 21st Terrace, where a Tri-Rail train hit a vehicle that was left abandoned on the tracks and was unoccupied. Rescue…
Read MoreNews: Stolen vehicle involved in fatal accident in Oakland Park
OAKLAND PARK, FL – Police say a stolen vehicle was involved in a fatal crash following a chase in Broward County on Sunday morning. According to a report by WSVN, Fort Lauderdale police responded to a home on Mercedes Drive following a report of a burglary. Officers discovered that three vehicles had been stolen. They gave…
Read MoreNews: Driver critically injured in 3-vehicle wreck in Port St. Lucie
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A driver was critically injured in a crash in Port St. Lucie, police said. According to WPEC, the incident happened Thursday night on NW Selvitz Boulevard at about 6:30 p.m. Investigators said the driver of a southbound vehicle sideswiped a second vehicle, then crashed head-on into a third vehicle. One…
Read MoreNews: Motorcyclist critically injured in crash with car in Lauderdale Lakes
LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL – A motorcyclist was hospitalized following an accident in Lauderdale Lakes on Thursday. According to WPLG, the motorcycle collided with a car in the area of State Road 7 and NW 44th Street. The 45-year-old man riding the motorcycle suffered injuries that were reported to be life-threatening. The driver of the car…
Read MoreNews: Dump truck and tractor-trailer collide in Hialeah Gardens, injuring driver
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a truck driver was injured in a crash with another vehicle in Hialeah Gardens Thursday, reports WPLG. The FHP said a tractor-trailer driver was headed south on West Okeechobee Road at about 3 p.m. and tried to make a left turn onto Northwest 138th Street. The…
Read MoreNews: Highway closed in Coconut Grove following pedestrian accident
COCONUT GROVE, FL – Drivers were alerted to a road closure in Coconut Grove Thursday morning following a pedestrian accident. According to a tweet from Total Traffic Miami at 9:44 a.m., S. Dixie Highway (US-1) was shut down at Southwest 27th Avenue due to a serious crash involving a pedestrian. No further details were provided about…
Read MoreNews: Driver, 18, killed in multi-vehicle accident in Deerfield Beach
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – A teenage driver was killed in a multi-vehicle accident in Deerfield Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release. BSO deputies and rescue crews responded to the scene on West Hillsboro Boulevard near Deer Creek Boulevard Saturday morning just after 1:45 a.m. Investigators determined that 18-year-old Denis Haikin of…
Read MoreNews: 1 driver dead, 1injured following high-speed collision near Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, FL – A collision at an intersection near Palm Springs early Wednesday morning left one driver dead and the other seriously injured, authorities said. According to a report by WPTV, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said 28-year-old Olivia Maly was driving a Dodge Challenger at a high rate of speed at about 2 a.m.…
Read MoreNews: Rollover car accident on U.S. 27 in Broward County kills teenage driver
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – A car accident in Broward County Tuesday morning claimed the life of a teenage driver, NBC Miami reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 17-year-old male was driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 27 near Interstate 75 when the incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Investigators said the teen lost control of the…
Read MoreNews: Motorcyclist struck by hit-and-run driver in Miami Springs
MIAMI SPRINGS, FL – Police say a man on a motorcycle was injured when he was struck by a vehicle in Miami Springs Tuesday night. According to WPLG, the motorcyclist was riding on South Royal Poinciana Boulevard when he was hit near Sheridan Drive at about 9:40 p.m. The man was critically injured and was…
Read MoreNews: Woman, 77, struck and killed by car in Dania Beach
DANIA BEACH, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating a crash that killed an elderly pedestrian in Dania Beach last week. BSO deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to the scene on South Federal Highway Thursday just after 2 a.m. Investigators said 77-year-old Doris Sandman of Dania Beach was crossing on…
Read MoreNews: Driver facing charges in Miami-Dade wrong-way wreck that left 5 dead
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Authorities say they have arrested the man who drove the wrong way in a crash that killed five people in Miami-Dade County, NBC Miami reports. This is an update to a previous story. The Florida Highway Patrol said 30-year-old Maiky Simeon is facing five counts of vehicular homicide for the wreck that occurred…
Read MoreNews: Woman struck by vehicle while walking near hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, FL – A driver was arrested following a pedestrian accident in Miami Beach on Saturday morning. According to a report by WSVN, the driver of a Kia sedan lost control of the vehicle on Collins Avenue at about 9 a.m. and struck a woman who was walking on the sidewalk near a hotel.…
Read MoreNews: 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…
Read MoreVideo Apparently Catches Images Of Broward Hit-and-Run Driver
The suspected driver of a hit-and-run crash that hurt a two-year-old boy last week was apparently caught on video. Local10.com reports that the incident occurred on August 12 in Broward County and apparently involved a woman driver. Video shows hit-and-run driver who injured boy in Broward, deputies say https://t.co/fzANpdMr7Z pic.twitter.com/T85tuHXrgc — WPLG Local 10 News…
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