ORANGE COUNTY, FL – A woman was struck and killed by a box truck driver in Orange County on Tuesday reports FOX 35. Virginia Celli-Olivo, 57, got out of her SUV to rescue a turtle on Curry Ford Road near Sanctuary Point Boulevard. A driver in a box truck struck…
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – A person was hospitalized with serious injuries after a hit-and-run on Highway 19 early Monday morning. According to The Free Press, a pedestrian was hit on Highway 19 south of Floramar Terrance around 3:40 a.m. The driver fled the scene without stopping. Crews found the…
KENNETH CITY, FL – A man died after falling off an electric scooter being hit by a pickup north of St. Petersburg late last month. According to WFLA, the man was riding an electric scooter when they fell onto SR-693. The man was then hit by a pickup truck while…
A pastor at New Life Evangelistic Center was hit and killed Wednesday morning by a vehicle who fled the scene. The man was hit around 7 a.m. as he was crossing the street Crystal Springs Road near Hammond Boulevard. The driver did not stop to check on the man. Police…
Belle Isle interim city manager, Apopka consultant and lobbyist Richard Anderson turned himself in to authorities yesterday after he was charged with a hit-and-run case that hospitalized another driver back in April. The Florida Highway Patrol investigated the Lake County collision and issued an arrest warrant for Anderson Tuesday. Anderson…
Belle Isle interim city manager, Apopka consultant and lobbyist Richard Anderson turned himself in to authorities yesterday after he was charged with a hit-and-run case that hospitalized another driver back in April. The Florida Highway Patrol investigated the Lake County collision and issued an arrest warrant for Anderson Tuesday. Anderson…
Florida Highway Patrol officials are frustrated with the more than 92,000 hit-and-run crashes investigated last year across the state. These crashes — up by nearly 7,500 from 2014 — are an increasing problem. Troopers are hoping to put a stop to these collisions with their annual week-long hit-and-run awareness campaign.…
According to Clay County deputies, a motorcyclist who was speeding in a Fleming Island neighborhood when he struck and killed a skateboarder last August, turned himself in Thursday morning. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office claims that the 27-year-old was riding his motorcycle under the influence and going over 70 mph…
A hit-and-run crash in Stuart on Monday that left a motorcyclist hospitalized is the result of a texting driver, according to police. The suspect, a 29-year-old man, was texting while driving when he struck the motorcyclist and fled the scene. A citizen driving near the intersection of Indian Road and…
A 72-year-old man was killed after being struck by four vehicles near the intersection of County Road 44 and South Fish Camp Road in Grand Island northwest of Eustis shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the Fruitland Park man was on the south shoulder of County…